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.

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Mullutu

Iron knife.

Century:
7-15
Discovery code:
SM 10863:42

Mullutu

Iron knife.

Century:
7-15
Discovery code:
SM 10863:45

Mullutu

Iron knife.

Century:
7-15
Discovery code:
SM 10863:46

Mullutu

The fragment of an iron knife tang.

Century:
7-15
Discovery code:
SM 10863:166

Mullutu

Iron knife.

Century:
7-15
Discovery code:
SM 10863:139

Mullutu

Iron knife.

Century:
7-15
Discovery code:
SM 10863:48

Mullutu

Iron knife.

Century:
7-15
Discovery code:
SM 10863:49

Ure

Crossbow brooch fragment, silver. A spiral coil wound around an iron rod with the fragment of a spring cord. The silver spring cord cross-section is otherwise rounded, but flattens out at the end of the cover – it must have been attached to an arch.

Century:
3-5
Discovery code:
SM 10862:6

Ure

Pin of the brooch, bronze or silver. It might have belonged to a similar brooch as SM10862:51. The part of the head is twisted into a loop and between this loop there seems to be an iron residue, i.e. a remnant of the spiral axis.

Century:
3-5
Discovery code:
SM 10862:23

The negative value refers to time Before Christ.

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