#Exhibit of the Month

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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13th Symposium of Heraldry

24 April 2019

The 13th Symposium of heraldry will be held at the National Museum of History of Moldova (31 August 1989, no. 121 A, Chisinau) on April 24, 2019, starting at 10 AM .The symposium is organized by the Society for Genealogy, Heraldry and Archives "Paul Gore" in partnership with the National Heraldry Commission working under the President of the Republic of Moldova and the National Museum of History of Moldova.

Traditionally, in the program will be included 5 to 9 papers focusing on heraldry, vexilology, phaleristics, sigilography, uniformology and other connected sciences studying historical symbols, especially related to the history of Prut and Nistru interfluve.

Travel, accommodation and board are borne by the participants.

The symposium is held in Romanian language, but papers in Russian, French, English are also accepted with the condition of distribution of abstracts in Romanian among the participants. For each paper are reserved up to 30 minutes, of which 20 minutes are intended for presentation and 10 for discussions. Presentations in PowerPoint are welcome, which may also include abstracts in Romanian of papers presented in other languages. Please consider the possibility of publication in the yearly book "Heraldica Moldaviae" when writing and editing the papers.

All scholars interested to participate at the symposium should send the title of the presentation and an abstract in Romanian of up to 2000 signs to one of the e-mail addresses: silviu_tabac@yahoo.fr or anaboldureanu@yahoo.com. The deadline for submission of titles and abstracts is April 1, 2019 at 12.00.

For more information, please contact us at the same email addresses or phone numbers:
022-251-022, 0-693-78-619 - Silviu TABAC;
022-238-285, 0-681-17-146 - Ana BOLDUREANU.

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#Exhibit of the Month

Roman Bronze Situla (1st century BC – 2nd century AD)

13th Symposium of Heraldry

24 April 2019

#Exhibit of the Month