Database
Our database is free to use for all history and archaeology enthusiasts. If you use our database, please do not forget to cite correctly:
Mägi, Marika; Palm, Piia Sandra. Archaeological Artefacts of Saaremaa. Foundation Osiliana / Tallinn University. Accessed: date.
The Osiliana Archaeological Database presents artefacts from Saaremaa and the surrounding small islands.
The database contains mainly Iron Age and Medieval finds that can be classified.
Undated metal or other pieces were generally excluded from the database.
Ceramics are represented by isolated examples.
The database is a work in progress and is constantly being updated.
Mullutu
Drawshave, iron. Similar ones are known e.g. from Kirimäe deposit. The type can be dated to a long period.
Drawshave, iron. Similar ones are known e.g. from Kirimäe deposit. The type can be dated to a long period.
Read more:
Tvauri, A. 2012. The Migration Period, Pre-Viking Age, and Viking Age in Estonia. (Estonian Archaeology, 4). Tartu University Press, Tartu, 127, fig. 83.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Bell, bronze.
Mullutu
Gotlandic-Baltic type buckle, silver or lead.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Gotlandic-Baltic type buckle, silver or lead.
Literature:
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th centuries AD. Tallinn: Ajaloo Instituut, Tallinn/Center of Baltic Studies, Gotland, p. 97. Read the book: here. Look at the drawings of the archaeological excavations: here.
Mullutu
Horse or dog figure of bronze. Since such figures are frequently found together with weights, they are often interpreted as a sort of weight as well.
Photos: Jaana Ratas.
Horse or dog figure of bronze. Since such figures are frequently found together with weights, they are often interpreted as a sort of weight as well.
Literature:
Kiudsoo, M. & Russow, E. 2011. Hoards discovered in 2010. – Archaeological Fieldworks in Estonia 2010, 225-232, fig. 7.
Mullutu
Round pendant, decorated with Broa Style. Bronze, gilded.
First photo: Jaana Ratas.
Round pendant, decorated with Broa Style. Bronze, gilded.
Mullutu
End of a sword sheath, bronze. A widespread type in Saaremaa and Couronia.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
End of a sword sheath, bronze. A widespread type in Saaremaa and Couronia.
Literature:
Kazakevićius, V. 1998. Iś velyvojo geleźies amźiaus baltu ginklu istorijos (kalaviju makśtu galu apkalai). – Lietuvos Archeoligija, 15. Vilnius, 287–327, fig 30-31.
Tomsons, A. 2018. Zobeni Latvijas teritorijā no 7. līdz 16. gadsimtam. – Latvijas Nacionālā vēstures muzeja raksti Nr. 27. Rīga, 168.
Mullutu
Pendant, bronze. Similar ones have been found in Couronia and Semigallia.
Pendant, bronze. Similar ones have been found in Couronia and Semigallia.
Literature:
Griciuvienė, E. (prepared by). 2005. Žiemgaliai. Baltų archeologijos paroda. Katalogas. The Semigallians. Baltic Archaeological Exhibition. Catalogue. Lietuvos nacionalis muziejus, Latvijas Vēstures muzejs, Vilnius – Riga, 114.
Mullutu
Penannular brooch with irregularly faceted small terminals, bronze.
Penannular brooch with irregularly faceted small terminals, bronze.
Literature:
Pauts, H. 1997. Pahaga hoburaudsõled Eestis. (Töid ajaloo alalt, I.) Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, Tallinn, 79-115.
Mullutu
Fragment of a flat crossbow-shaped brooch, bronze. Such brooches were widespread in Finnish, Estonian and Latvian coastal areas.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Fragment of a flat crossbow-shaped brooch, bronze. Such brooches were widespread in Finnish, Estonian and Latvian coastal areas.
Literature:
Mägi, M. 2020. Before the hill fort of Valjala was built. Landing places and graves along the Lõve River in Saaremaa. – Arheoloogilised välitööd Eestis = Archeological fieldwork in Estonia 2019, 69−78. Read the article: here.
Mägi, M. 2018. In Austrvegr: The Role of the Eastern Baltic in Viking Age Communication across the Baltic Sea. (The Northern World, Volume: 84). Brill; Leiden, 132-135.
