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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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.
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Melted piece, silver or bronze.
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Melted piece, bronze.
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Iron rod. The cross-section at the center is quadrilateral, but from the ends it is flat.
Ure
Piece of iron, small and flat. Perhaps from a knife?
Ure
Iron rod, thick and bit curvy. The cross-section is circular, but one end of the rod is abruptly flattening.
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Half head of a shepherd-crook-headed pin (?), iron. Flat cross-section, the diameter of the head is 3.2 cm. See also SM 10862: 55, 60.
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Half head of a shepherd-crook-headed pin (?), iron. Flat cross-section, the diameter of the head is 3,2 cm. Most likely the other half of SM10862:56.
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Nail, iron. 1 cm long and with a sharp tip. The knob is circular. Probably a decorative nail.
