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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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XVII Heraldry Symposium

April 27, 2023

On April 27, 2023, the "Paul Gore" Genealogy, Heraldry and Archival Society, the National Heraldry Commission under the President of the Republic of Moldova and the National Museum of History of Moldova organized the XVII Heraldry Symposium.

It was dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Heraldry Cabinet within the Office of the President of the Republic of Moldova. The event was opened by M.c. Mariana Șlapac, president of the National Heraldic Commission, followed by the presentations of 10 communications and 2 exhibition presentations with the titles "Book of Ukrainian Heraldry" and "With coats of arms on the table - in the world and at home".

The communications were supported by specialists in the field of heraldry from the Republic of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine. These focused on heraldry, vexillology, faleristics, sigilography, uniformistics, other related and related sciences, focused on historical symbols and covered topics such as medieval Western European cloth plumbs, discovered in the Republic of Moldova (16th-17th centuries) , the representation of the coat of arms of Transylvania at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries or the new municipal symbols from Ukraine, etc.

The complete communications of the participants of the XVII Heraldry Symposium will be published in the next issue of the "Heraldica Moldaviae" yearbook.

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

XVII Heraldry Symposium

April 27, 2023

#Exhibit of the Month