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; 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.
Finger-ring, copper alloy. This type of finger-ring has a thickened middle section with engraved diagonal grooves. A well-known type of ring in the archaeological material of the Estonian islands often found in both stone graves with cremations as well as inhumation burials. Could have come into use already during the 12th century AD (Mägi 2002, 109).
Mägi, M. 2002. At the crossroads of space and time: graves, changing society and ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th centuries AD. Tallinn.
Viltina
Big spirals, 4, copper alloy.
Viltina
Finger-ring with a widening central part, copper alloy.
Viltina
Finger-ring with a widening central part, copper alloy.
Viltina
Big spiral, copper alloy.
Viltina
Finger-ring with double-spiral ends, copper alloy.
Finger-ring with double-spiral ends, copper alloy. Such rings were worn during a lõng periood, but were widespread in Estonia from the 7th-the 11th century . (Mägi 2002, 108; Tvauri 2014, 149).
Mägi, M. 2002. At the Crossroads of Space and Time. Graves, Changing Society and Ideology on Saaremaa (Ösel), 9th–13th Centuries AD. (CCC Papers, 6.) Tallinn.
Tvauri, A. 2014. Rahvasterännuaeg, eelviikingiaeg ja viikingiaeg Eestis. Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus.
Viltina
Finger-ring? Silver.
Finger-ring? Silver. Photo Heikki Pauts.
Viltina
Finger-ring with a widening central part, copper alloy.
Viltina
Big spiral, copper alloy.
