Database
The Osiliana archaeological database brings together artefacts from Saaremaa and the surrounding small islands.
Most of Saaremaa’s archaeological finds are held in the collection of the Saaremaa Museum and in the Tallinn University Research Collection.
We are gradually adding more and more finds and hope that it will become a useful tool for all history and archaeology enthusiasts!
Mullutu
Spheric weight, iron+bronze. Faces marked with line formed of small rings.
Spheric weight, iron+bronze. Faces marked with line formed of small rings. Probably from the end of the 10th or from the 11th. century (Berga 2017).
Literature:
Berga, T. 2017. The distribution and chronology of traiding equipment in present-day Latvia in the tenth to thirteenth centuries. – Archaeologia Baltica, 24, 59-77.
Weight (?), cylindrical, lead. In Latvia, such weights are dated to the period from the late 10th to the late 13th century (Berga 2017).
Literature:
Berga, T. 2017. The distribution and chronology of traiding equipment in present-day Latvia in the tenth to thirteenth centuries. – Archaeologia Baltica, 24, 59-77.
First photo: Jaana Ratas.
Weight, cylindrical, lead. In Latvia, such weights are dated to the period from the late 10th to the late 13th century (Berga 2017).
Literature:
Berga, T. 2017. The distribution and chronology of traiding equipment in present-day Latvia in the tenth to thirteenth centuries. – Archaeologia Baltica, 24, 59-77.
Last photo: Jaana Ratas.
Octagonal weight, lead. Such weights can mainly be dated to 850-1000 AD.
Read more:
Gustin, I. 2004. Mellan gåva och marknad. Handel, tillit och materiell Kultur under vikingatid. – Lund Studies in Medieval Archaeology, 34. Malmö, Almqvist & Wiksell, 100-107.
Weight, cylindrical, lead. In Latvia, such weights are dated to the period from the late 10th to the late 13th century (Berga 2017).
Literature:
Berga, T. 2017. The distribution and chronology of traiding equipment in present-day Latvia in the tenth to thirteenth centuries. – Archaeologia Baltica, 24, 59-77.
Mullutu
Spheric weight, faces marked with line formed of small rings.
Spheric weight, faces marked with line formed of small rings. Probably from the end of the 10th or from the 11th. century (Berga 2017)
Literature:
Berga, T. 2017. The distribution and chronology of traiding equipment in present-day Latvia in the tenth to thirteenth centuries. – Archaeologia Baltica, 24, 59-77.
Octagonal weight, iron+bronze. Such weights can mainly be dated to 850-1000 AD.
Read more:
Gustin, I. 2004. Mellan gåva och marknad. Handel, tillit och materiell Kultur under vikingatid. – Lund Studies in Medieval Archaeology, 34. Malmö, Almqvist & Wiksell, 100-107.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Octagonal weight, bronze. Such weights can mainly be dated to 850-1000 AD.
Read more:
Gustin, I. 2004. Mellan gåva och marknad. Handel, tillit och materiell Kultur under vikingatid. – Lund Studies in Medieval Archaeology, 34. Malmö, Almqvist & Wiksell, 100-107.
Photo: Jaana Ratas.
Octagonal weight, bronze. Such weights can mainly be dated to 850-1000 AD.
Read more:
Gustin, I. 2004. Mellan gåva och marknad. Handel, tillit och materiell Kultur under vikingatid. – Lund Studies in Medieval Archaeology, 34. Malmö, Almqvist & Wiksell, 100-107.
