#Exhibit of the Month

The exhibited necklace of beads originates from Funerary Complex No. 6 of Kurgan No. 4, excavated in 1982 by Dr. Habil. Eugen SAVA near the town of Taraclia. The beads were found in the chest area of the deceased, indicating that they had been worn as a necklace and had remained in their original position within the funerary assemblage.
The necklace consists of 11 elements made entirely of Egyptian faience. Eight of the beads are spherical and decorated with vertical incisions forming between 14 and 21 raised ribs. Their diameters range from 13 to 20 mm. Two additional elements are scarab representations measuring 23.5 × 19.5 mm, while the final component is a flattened cylindrical pendant bead featuring a central vertical groove and measuring 22 × 9 mm. The objects range in color from light blue to dark blue and violet hues, reflecting the natural deterioration and glaze variations characteristic of Egyptian faience.
Egyptian faience is an artificial quartz-based material coated with an alkaline glaze, typically blue or blue-green in color. It was widely used in Ancient Egypt and later spread throughout the Mediterranean and Pontic regions through trade networks. During the first centuries AD, such objects served as important indicators of cultural and economic contacts between the Mediterranean world and the communities of the North Pontic region.
Owing to its typological, technological, and symbolic characteristics, the Taraclia necklace is an exceptionally valuable artifact for the study of intercultural relations, the circulation of prestige goods, and the funerary practices of the Sarmatian communities during the first centuries AD (1st-2nd centuries AD).

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Launch of the work "Monetary circulation in Bessarabia (1812–1944)" and donation of valuable awards by the Academy of Sciences of Moldova to the National Museum of History of Moldova

March 30, 2023

On March 30, 2023, the Academy of Sciences of Moldova organized the presentation event of the book "Monetary circulation in Bessarabia (1812-1944)" written by teacher Marian Bolum from the "Manolache Costache Epureanu" Secondary School in Bârlad, Romania. The volume was presented by Dr. Viorel M. Butnariu, from the Institute of History "A. D. Xenopol" from Iasi, Romania, in the Lecture Hall of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.

The event moderated by acad. Grigore Belostecinic and Dr. hab. Liliana Condraticova gathered numerous specialists and professionals, such as choir members. of ASM, Alexandru Stratan and Dr. Hab., Prof. Univ. Dragoș Cimpoies, from the Technical University of Moldova and ASM, Ph.D., Prof. Univ. Oleg Stratulat, head of the Investments and Banking Activity Department of the Moldovan Academy of Economic Studies, Dr. Ana Boldureanu and Dr. Elena Arcuș-Jantovan from the National Museum of History of Moldova, Livia Sîrbu, deputy director of the National Museum of History of Moldova, Dr. Sergiu Matveev, Moldova State University, Dr. Teodor Candu, National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History), etc.

Also, during the event, the Academy of Sciences of Moldova handed over a valuable set of awards to the National Museum of History of Moldova, including important medals and badges such as the "Nicolae Milescu Spătarul" medal of ASM, the "Dimitrie Cantemir" medal of ASM, the "Scientific Merit" medal 2nd class of ASM, the "Scientific Merit" medal 1st class of ASM, the badge "Member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova" and the medal "Laureate of the Prize of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova". Livia Sîrbu, NMHM deputy director, thanked the Academy of Sciences of Moldova for this generous donation.

The event took place within the Scientific Platform "Economic Security, Migration and Demographic Transformations" coordinated by acad. Grigore Belostecinic and mem. choir. Alexandru Stratan, members of the Social Sciences, Economic, Humanities and Arts Section of AȘM, launched at ASM, on May 5, 2020, as well as of the Academic Commission "Socioeconomic Security" created by ASM Presidium Decision no. 62 of January 30, 2023.