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.
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.
Spherical weight, copper alloy and iron.
Spherical weight, copper alloy and iron.
Spherical weight, copper alloy and iron.
Spherical weight, copper alloy and iron. Circles on the faces. Such weights are dated to the late 11th century and to the 12th 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.
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.
Set of spherical weights (5), iron and copper alloy.
Set of spherical weights (5), iron and copper alloy. The flat surfaces are marked with circles and triangles. Such weights are dated to the late 11th and 12th centuries in Latvia (Berga, 2017, 68).
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, copper alloy. The weight has a pentagonal cross-section, and such weights in Latvia have been dated to the late 12th and 13th centuries (Berga, 2017, 73).
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.
Spherical weight, copper alloy and iron.
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.
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