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Bronze cauldrons of the Scythian time are rare in the Northern Black Sea region, especially on its western borders. Therefore, those few items found on the territory of the Republic of Moldova occupy a worthy place in the collection of the National Museum of History of Moldova (NMHM). In particular, in the archaeological exhibition, two bronze cauldrons are displayed, discovered near the village of Nicolscoe in 1988 in burial mounds no. 14 and 15. In addition, in 2020, two bronze cauldrons without any accompanying documents were found in the collection of NMHM; however, they were visually identified as coming from various excavations in the Low Dniester region, such as burial mound no. 45 near Dubăsari and burial mound no. 1 near the Răscăieții Noi village.

The object presented as the exhibit of the month is a little-known find discovered in 1979 in barrow 1 near the village of Răscăieții Noi in the Ștefan Vodă district. In addition to its outstanding size (about 10 m high), this mound is known for discovering a cast bronze finial in the Scythian animal style on its surface in 1953. However, by the beginning of excavations, the locals had damaged part of the mound and a Scythian cast bronze cauldron was found near it. The cauldron was seriously damaged by mechanical impact, as a result of which the rim was deformed, and the walls, with one preserved vertical handle, were bent inwards. Fragments in the upper part of the body and one handle have been lost. The total reconstructed height of the cauldron is 24 cm (excluding the handles), the reconstructed diameter of the hemispherical cauldron is 30 cm, and the weight is 6.5 kg. In 2020, data on the chemical composition of the bronze cauldron alloy were obtained, revealing that it was cast from an alloy of almost 95 per cent copper. Unfortunately, due to the loss of information on the context of the discovery of the cauldron at Răscăieții Noi, it is impossible to link its discovery with one or another Scythian burial of the barrow. Moreover, the grave goods of other Scythian burials of Barrow 1 do not allow them to date below the 4th century BC. However, the cauldron with vertical handles from Răscăieții Noi most likely belongs earlier. This may be indicated by a bronze finial from the first half of the 5th century BC, which was found on this barrow in 1953. In addition, burial 7 from the nearest excavated barrow 2 at Răscăieții Noi, containing a plaque depicting a rolled predator (a copy of which is also on display at the NMHM), belongs to the mid- 5th century BC. Thus, there is a high probability that the cauldron from Barrow 1 at Răscăieții Noi is associated with the late Middle Scythian period or the mid-5th century BC.

Scythian bronze cauldrons in the west area are concentrated in three main regions: Bukovina-Podolia, the Lower Danube, and the Lower Dniester. Some Scythian cauldrons have no reliable archaeological context. Nevertheless, in combination with the same "stray" finds like the Scythian statues, the finds of Scythian cauldrons mark the Scythian presence, most likely not earlier than the late 6th century or even the turn of the 6th-5th centuries BC. The cauldrons first appeared in Bukovina, where they have been known since the middle of the 7th century BC. Bronze cauldrons (with their carriers) entered the steppe region 150-200 years later, and the "military" burials that appeared in the western steppe regions were no earlier than the middle of the 5th century BC. Most burials with cauldrons (and, apparently, the stray finds) are dated back to the second half of the 5th century BC. Then, in the early 4th century BC, their quantity was reduced, and after the first quarter of the 4th century BC, they completely disappeared from the cultural practice of the population of the steppes of the North-Western Black Sea region.

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Publications Journal „Tyragetia"


Tyragetia, nr. VI-VII

Tyragetia, nr. VI-VII

Chișinău, 1998

SUMAR (SOMMAIRE)


I. Studii (Etudes)

• Nicolae Răileanu, Activitatea muzeistică în Moldova în anul 1996 (L'activité muséale de la République Moldova en 1996)
• loan Opriș, Curente și direcții muzeografice în pragul mileniului III (Courents et directions muséographiques au début du lll-ième millénaire)
• Maria Danilov, Ana Grițco, Acte în limbă română tipărite în Basarabia (1812-1830) (Des Ades en Roumain publiés en Bassarabie)
• Ion Hâncu, Semnificația etno-culturală a locuințelor din Moldova în evul mediu timpuriu (La signification ethno-culturelle des demeures en Moldova du Moyen Age Prématuré)
• Vlad D. Ghimpu, Mănăstiri rupestre din Orheiul Vechi (Les monastères rupestres d'Orheiul Vechi)
• Vlad D. Ghimpu Mănăstirea rupestră de la „Peștera lui Bechir" din Soroca (Le monastère rupestre de la „Grotte de Bechir" de Soroca)

II. Arheologie și istorie (Archeologie et Histoire)

• Nicolae Chetraru, Serghei Covalenco, Stațiunea mezolitică în grota Brânzeni l (La station mésolithique de la grotte Brânzeni l)
• Olga Şcipachin, Un topor de aramă din fondurile Muzeului Național de Istorie a Moldovei (Une hache de cuivre des fonds du Musée National d'Histoire de Moldova)
• Natalia Mateevlci, Cercetările a doi tumuli de lângă satul Hlinoaia, Grigoriopol (Les recherches de deux tumulus près du village Hlinoaia)
• Natalia Mateevici, Colecția inedită de piese de import grecesc de la Cetatea Albă (La collection de pièces grecques d'importation de Cetatea Albă)
• Al. Levinschi, Serghei Aguinicov, Complexe sarmatice timpurii în tumulii Nistrului de Jos (Des Complexes Sarmatiques précoces dans Ies tumulus du Bas-Dniestr)
• Al. Levinschi, Καρποδκακαζ’ - ZOSIMOS, IV, 34, 6
• Serghei Kurciatov, Alexandru Popa, Tipuri de locuințe și anexe gospodărești din așezarea culturii Sântana de Mureș-Cernjahov de lângă orașul Drochia (Types de demeures et anexes ménagâres de l'habitat de culture Sântana de Mureș-Cernjahov près de la viile Drochia)
• Ion Dron, Turla - denumire străveche daco-geticâ a Nistrului (Turla - l'encien nom Daco-Gète de Nistru)
• Ion Tentiuc, Plastica miniaturală de lut din perioada evului mediu timpuriu din Moldova (Quelques considérations concernant la plastique miniaturelle d'argile de la période du Moyen Age Prématuré de Moldova)
• Vera Paiul, Tezaurul monetar din secolele XVI-XVII de la Caterinovca, Camenca (Le trésor monétaire des XVI-XVII s. de Caterinovca, Camenca)
• Ana Niculiță, Un tezaur medieval monetar, găsit în orașul Chișinău (155(5?)-1672) (Un trésor monétaire trouvé á Chișinău)
• Minai Onilă, Din istoria satului Speia (Chivărul), Anenii Noi, sec.XVI-XVIII (Pages cfhistoire du village Speia (Chivărul), Anenii-Noi, XVI-XVIII s.)
• Lilia Zabolotnâi, Coraportul principalelor ramuri agrare în economia urbană a Moldovei de la sfârșitul secolului al XVI-lea începutul sec.al XVIII-lea (La corrélation des principales branches agraires de l'économie urbaine de Moldova à la fin des XVI - XVIII s.)
• Andrei Eșanu, Valentina Eșanu, Din istoria administrării publice a orașului Chișinău (sec. XVII - încep. sec. XIX) (Pages de l'histoire de l'administration publique de la viile Chișinău(XVII s. - début de XIX s.)
• Eduard Baidaus, Criza politică din Republica Polonă și Moldova de la mijlocul secolului al XVII-lea: unele considerente privind geneza "problemei ucrainene" (La crise politique de la République de Pologne et de Moldova au milieu du XVIIs.: Quelleques considérations au sujet de la genèse du problème ukrainien")
• Liuba Bârsan, Aspecte social economice a localității Nimoreni, laloveni în a doua jumătate a sec. al XVIII-lea până la mijlocul sec. al XlX-lea (L'aspect socio-culturel de la localité Nimoreni dans la deusième moitié du XVIII s. jusqu'au XIX s.)
• Ion Dron, Tirașpol - mărturie toponimică a continuității populației băștinașe în sudul Basarabiei (Tirașpol - témoignage toponimique de la continuation de ia population du Sud de Moldova
• Vladimir Mischevca, Hatti-Şeriful din anul 1802 (Le Khati-i cherif de 1802)
• Minai Onilă, Genealogia neamului Danciu-Durac descălecătorii răzeșilor satului Isacova, țin. Orhei (La généalogie de familie Danciu-Durac Ies fondateurs de răzeși (paysannes libres) du village Isacova, Orhei)
Maria Danilov, Gramatica lui Ştefan Margela (date și ipoteze noi) (La grammaire de Ştefan Margela)
• Ana Grițco, "Așezământul pentru ocârmuirea oblastei Basarabiei", 1828 - un document inedit din patrimoniul M.N.I.M. („L'établissement pour le gouvemement de la région Bassarabie" (1828) - un document inédit du patrimoine du Musée Nationale de l'Histoire de Moldova)
• Valentin Tomuleț, Considerații privind regimul vamal al Basarabiei în perioada 1812-1830 (Des considérations concernant le régime douanier de Bassarabie entre 1812-1830)
• Valentin Tomuleț, Contraverse privind suprimarea cordonului vamal de la Nistru (anii 1812-1830) (Les contraverses sur la probleme de la suprimation de cordone douanier sur Nistru (années1812-1830)
• Lidia Volânschl, Gheorghe Sandul, Din istoria holerei In Basarabia în secolul al XlX-lea (Pages d'histoire de choléra en Bassarabie)
• Lidia Volânschi, Din Istoria Grădinii Publice și a Parcului Catedralei din Chișinău (Pages d'histoire du Jardin Publique et du Parc de la Cathédrale de Chișinău)
• Valentin Dumitru, Dinastia Leonard și aportul ei în dezvoltarea satului Speia (La dynastie Leonard et son rôle dans le dévelopement du village Speia)
• Nicolae Dâmcenco, Mănăstirea Noul Neamț (Le monastère Noul Neamț)
• Ala Melniciuc, Din istoria construcției bisericilor ortodoxe din județul Tiraspol în secolele XVIII-XIX (Pages d’histoire de la construction des edifices de culte orthodoxe dans le district Tiraspol en XVIII s. le debut de XIX s.)
• Aurelia Cornețchi, File din istoria Liceului de fete „Sf. Ana" din Ismail (Pages d'histoire du Lycee de filles Sf. Ana" d'lsmail)
• Ion Varta, Căteva tentative de construire în Basarabia ale unor partide politice de orientare națională (1905-1912) (Quelques tentattves de constituer en Bassarabie des partis politiques d'orientation naționale (1905-1912)
• Eugen Icnim, Conferirea ordinului „Minai Viteazul" în Primul Război Mondial (L'attribution de l'ordre „Mihai Viteazul" pendant la Première Guerre mondiale)
• Daniel Bogdea, România la expozițiile internaționale din perioada interbelică (Roumanie aux expositions internationales de la période entre Ies deux Guerres mondiales)
• Nicolae Bulat, „Solidaritatea" - asociația corpului didactic din județul Soroca în anii 1918-1940 („Solidarité" - l'association l'enseignant corps du département Soroca, pendant Ies années 1918-1940)
• Vera Stăvilă, Un eveniment cultural neordinar în Basarabia anului 1942 (Un éveniment culturel en 1942 en Bassarabie)
• Rodlca Solovei, Considerațiuni cu privire la repatrierea românilor de la est de Bug (1942-1943) (Quelques considérations concernant le repatriement des Roumains de l'Est de Bug (1942-1943)
• Elena Postică, Sabia dreptății („Le sabre de la justice")
• Măria Praporșcic, Tratarea problemei Basarabiei în istoriografia postbelică din România în contextul raporturilor româno-sovietice (Le problème de Bassarabie dans l'historiographie postbelique de Roumanie dans le contexte des rapports sovieto-roumains)
• Maria Ciocanu, Ştergarul de cap ca element de stabilire a statutului social de femeie măritată (L'écharpe de tete comme un élément du statut social d’une femme mariée)
• Maria Ciocanu, Rolul moașei în obiceiurile de integrare a nou-născutului (Les traditions à la naissance)
• Nadejda Pogolșa, Istoricul comunității evreiești din județul și orașul Tiraspol (până la 1917) (Pages d’histoire de la communauté juive de Tiraspol et de ce district jusqu'à 1917)

lll. Muzeografie și memorialistică (Museographie et memoriaux)

• Maria Hasnaș, Reorientări metodologice în Muzeul de Istorie (Des reorientations mettiodologiques dans l'activite du Musée d’Histoire)
• Elena Ploșnița, Aspecte din evoluția muzeelor școlare basarabene (Des aspects d’evolution des musées scolaires de Bassarabie)
• Ilie Borziac, Nicolae Chetraru, Geologul basarabean Theodor Văscăuțanu
• Liubovi Reprințev, Rostislav Ocușco - pictor și pedagog (Rostislav Ocușco - un peintre et un pédagogue)
• Natalia Şalaghlnov, Grafica plasticianului moldovean Aurel David (La graphique du plasticien moldave Aurel David)

IV. Restaurare. Recenzii (Restauration. Comptes - Rendus)

• Ecaterlna Bondarenco, Probleme și perspective de conservare-restaurare la Muzeul Național de Istorie a Moldovei (Problèmes et perspectives de conservation - restauration au Musee National d’Histoire de Moldova)
• Ecaterlna Bondarenco, Restaurarea goblenului „Moșii" (Le goblène „Moșii" („Les viellards")
• Valentina Granaci, Conservarea, patologia și restaurarea cărții în Biblioteca Națională (La conservation, la pathologie et la restauration des livres dans la Bibliothèque Nationale de la République Moldova)
• Alexandru Popa, H.-P. Blume, P.Felix-Henningsen, W.R.Fischer ș.a., HANDBUCH DER BODENKUNDE (COMPENDIU DE PEDOLOGIE), Landsberg/Lech: ecomed, 1996, ISBN 3-609-72210-X.

V. Cronica muzeelor (La chroniquie des musées)

• Aurelia Cornețchi, Cronica activității cultural-științifice a Muzeului Național de Istorie a Moldovei, 1996-1997 (La chroniquie de l’activite culturelle et scentifiquie du Musée National d'Histoire de Moldova, 1996-1997)
• Ala Melnicluc, Unele probleme privind activitatea muzeelor în perioada postsovietică (Muzeul din Tiraspol în anii 1986-1996) (Quelques problèmes concernant l'activité des musées pendant la périod post-soviétiqie (le musée de Tiraspol, Ies années 1986-1996)




 

 

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Bronze cauldrons of the Scythian time are rare in the Northern Black Sea region, especially on its western borders. Therefore, those few items found on the territory of the Republic of Moldova occupy a worthy place in the collection of the National Museum of History of Moldova (NMHM)...

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The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
©2006-2024 National Museum of History of Moldova
Visit museum 31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Phones:
Secretariat: +373 (22) 24-43-25
Department of Public Relations and Museum Education: +373 (22) 24-04-26
Fax: +373 (22) 24-43-69
E-mail: office@nationalmuseum.md
Technical Support: info@nationalmuseum.md
Web site administration and maintenance: Andrei EMILCIUC

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The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
©2006-2024 National Museum of History of Moldova
Visit museum 31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Phones:
Secretariat: +373 (22) 24-43-25
Department of Public Relations and Museum Education: +373 (22) 24-04-26
Fax: +373 (22) 24-43-69
E-mail: office@nationalmuseum.md
Technical Support: info@nationalmuseum.md
Web site administration and maintenance: Andrei EMILCIUC