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The bronze hoard was discovered on the territory of Mîndrești village, Telenești district, in 1968. It was identified accidentally by a group of students from the village school, and the materials later came to the attention of specialists at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences. According to documentary records, the hoard was composed of ten pieces: four socketed axes (celts), a dagger fragment, a sword fragment, a sickle, a winged axe, an adze-axe, and a chain consisting of four links.
Currently, of the mentioned assemblage, six objects are preserved in the collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova: two socketed axes (celts), the winged axe, the adze-axe, the dagger fragment, and the chain made of four links.- Socketed axe (celt) with one loop. Dimensions: Length - 10.2 cm; Weight - 186 g.
- Socketed axe (celt) with one frontal loop. Dimensions: Length - 8.4 cm; Width: 33-46 mm; Weight - 124 g.
- Winged axe. Dimensions: Length - 14.0 cm; Width - 2.5-3.4 cm; Weight - 285 g.
- Adze-axe. Dimensions: Length - 14.8 cm; Width - 2.3-5.0 cm; Weight - 286 g.
- Dagger fragment. Dimensions: Length - 16.5 cm; Blade length - 9.8 cm; Blade width - 2.8 cm; Weight - 81 g.
- Chain formed of four links. Dimensions: Length - 17.1 cm; Link diameter - 3.8; Weight - 32 g.The bronze hoard of Mîndrești is important due to the association of objects that find analogies in the regional repertoire with pieces that show clear analogies in Central Europe and the Carpathian Basin. The assemblage reflects a zone of contact and interaction where metallic forms of different origins and traditions circulated and were integrated into the repertoire of local communities.
Chronologically, the bronze hoard of Mîndrești is attributed to the Early Hallstatt period - HaA1, being dated to 1200-1100 BC.

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MOLDFILEX-2022

March 22 - April 30, 2022

On March 22, in Exhibition Room no. 4 on the ground floor of the National Museum of History of Moldova, the opening of the International Philatelic Exhibition MOLDFILEX-2022, organized by the Union of Philatelists of the Republic of Moldova in collaboration with the National Museum of History of Moldova, took place.

The exhibition is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Union of Philatelists of the Republic of Moldova. It presents 42 philatelic works from about 20 collectors from the Republic of Moldova and Romania. There are two classes of participation in the exhibition, namely the Honorary Class, reserved for jury members and their guests, and the Competitive Class (adults and youth), with exhibits from the field of traditional philately, postal and philatelic history, thematic philately, maximaphily, deltiology, postal and revenue stamps, and philatelic literature.

Also, the National Museum of History of Moldova presented within the exhibition a small part of its philatelic collection. Among these exhibits there are post stamps issued by the Bessarabian Zemstvo in the second half of the 19th century, a collection of Romanian stamps from the 19th-20th centuries, as well as a fragment from a thematic philatelic collection. During the opening ceremony, a presentation of two philatelic catalogs took place.

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The Bronze Hoard of Mîndrești

MOLDFILEX-2022

March 22 - April 30, 2022

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