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; Niinesalu-Moon, Maris; Rannaäär, Karin; Leiman, Lisanna Lee. 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.



Dress fitting, shell-shaped, bronze.



Spheric weight. Iron and bronze (?)
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, bronze. Such weights can mainly be dated to 850-1000 AD.
Literature:
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.



Bell, bronze.



Spheric weight, bronze and iron. Such weights are dated to the late 10th and to 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.
Pin of a penannular brooch, copper alloy.


Pin of a penannular brooch, copper alloy.



Iron axe, M-type, later variant.
Literature:
Atgāzis, M. 1997. Āvas cirvji Latvijā. – Arheoloģija un Etnogrāfija, XIX. Rīga: Latvijas Vēstures Institūta apgāds, 53-63.
Fragment of an iron artefact.
Boat rivet, iron.
The negative value refers to time Before Christ.