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The Roman bronze situla comes from a collection of archaeological artifacts confiscated at customs and transferred to the holdings of the National Museum of History of Moldova in 2009. Its place of discovery remains unknown.

A situla (Latin for "bucket") is a metal vessel-usually made of bronze-shaped like a pail and equipped with two movable handles at the top, traditionally used for mixing wine with water. The handles are attached to the vessel via two decorated ears that are welded to the rim.

The body of the situla is truncated-conical in shape and features two decorative bands with small circular patterns formed by hammering, located just below the rim.

Its base is double-layered: the inner bottom is hemispherical and hammered, while the outer bottom is flat and lathe-made. The outer base is welded to the inner bottom, serving as the vessel's foot-support.

This object was crafted using a combination of casting, hammering, and partial lathe-finishing. Dimensions: Maximum height - 31.7 cm; Maximum diameter - 22.8 cm; Base diameter - 13.5 cm

Situlae of this type originated in the Roman Empire and were later adopted by various ancient peoples, including those from the northwestern Pontic region.

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Movie night under the stars, Third Edition

The National Museum of History of Moldova hosted the 3rd edition of the Movie night under the stars, in collaboration with the Association on Charity and Promotion of Civic Culture. The event was held in the courtyard on the museum every night of Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the period between June 30 and July 9, starting at 21.00.

For the 2016 edition, were chosen six international productions from the 50s and 60s of the twentieth century - comedies and dramas, films with box office success and with international film festivals awards. Below are listed the films from this year's edition:

• 30th June, Операция «Ы» и другие приключения Шурика / Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures (1965), 90 minutes
Directed by Leonid Gayday
Cast: Aleksandr Demyanenko, Aleksei Smirnov, Vladimir Basov, Yuri Nikulin, Georgy Vitsin, etc.
• 1st July, Берегись автомобиля / Beware of the Car (1966), 94 minutes
Directed by Eldar Ryazanov
Cast: Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Oleg Yefremov, Andrei Mironov, Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev etc.
• 2nd July, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), 91 minutes
Directed: Jacques Demy
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon etc.
• 7th July, Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964), 90 minutes
Directed by Jean Girault
Cast: Louis de Funès, Geneviève Grad, Michel Galabru etc.
• 8th July, Roman Holiday (1953), 118 minutes
Directed by William Wyler
Cast: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert etc.
• 9th July, Singing in the Rain (1952), 103 minutes
Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Cast: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds etc.

The films were screened in the original language with subtitles in Romanian.

At the event was presented an exhibition of photography (11 young photographers exhibited their works) and painting (made by Adriana Adam, Eugenia Levițchi and Irina Baltag). In the program of the six movie nights were included some musical moments performed by young artists and bands such as: Alexandra Cebotari, „Cosmos în buzunar" (Cosmos in the Pocket), „Altă Planetă" (Another Planet), "Miriam" etc.

The event "Movie night under the stars" gathered around 800 movie lovers in the courtyard of the National Museum of History of Moldova.