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.
Viltina
Spherical weight, copper alloy and iron.
Spherical weight, copper alloy and iron. Circles on the faces. Such weights are dated to the late 10th century and to the 11th century in Latvia (Berga 2017).
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.
Viltina
Spherical weight, copper alloy and iron.
Scales, copper alloy. In both Estonian and Latvian archaeological material scales of this type appeared in the end of the 10th century and they were used until the 13th century (Berga 2017, 62). Scales were used mainly to weigh silver (Laul & Tamla 2014, 39).
Berga, T. 2017. The distribution and chronology of trading equipment in present-day Latvia in the tenth to thirteenth centuries. – Archaeologica Baltica, 24: 59–77.
Laul, S. & Tamla, Ü. 2014. Peitleid Lõhavere linnamäelt: Käsitöö- ja ehtevakk 13. sajandi algusest. (Õpetatud Eesti Seltsi Kirjad 10). Õpetatud Eesti Selts, Tartu–Tallinn.
Scales, copper alloy. In both Estonian and Latvian archaeological material scales of this type appeared in the end of the 10th century and were used until the 13th century (Berga 2017, 62). Scales were used mainly to weigh silver (Laul & Tamla 2014, 39).
Berga, T. 2017. The distribution and chronology of trading equipment in present-day Latvia in the tenth to thirteenth centuries. – Archaeologica Baltica, 24: 59–77.
Laul, S. & Tamla, Ü. 2014. Peitleid Lõhavere linnamäelt: Käsitöö- ja ehtevakk 13. sajandi algusest. (Õpetatud Eesti Seltsi Kirjad 10). Õpetatud Eesti Selts, Tartu–Tallinn.
Viltina
Spherical weight, copper alloy and iron.
Viltina
Spherical weight, copper alloy and iron.
Viltina
Spherical weight, copper alloy and iron.
Spherical weight, copper alloy and iron. Circles on the faces. Such weights are dated to the late 10th century and to the 11th century in Latvia (Berga 2017).
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.
Horse or dog figure of copper alloy. Since such figures are frequently found together with weights, they are often interpreted as a sort of weight as well. Can also belong to the end of the 10th century.
Kiudsoo, M. & Russow, E. 2011. Hoards discovered in 2010. – Archaeological Fieldworks in Estonia 2010, 225-232, fig. 7.
Viltina
Spherical weight, copper alloy and iron.
