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.
Archaeological researches from Buzduganii de Jos in the Ţuțora Valley conducted in 2008. Preliminary research results
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The investigation conducted at the site from Ţuțora Valley, on the left side of Prut, revealed two levels of habitat which were well delimited stratigraphically and culturally and were quite consistent and imposing. The lower level belongs to the Iron Age. It is represented by jar-pots, plates and cups, some of them having analogies in the barrows from Trinca. These ceramic categories and fragments of Lesbos amphorae of archaic type dated with the second half - the last quarter of the 6th century BC enable the placement the lower level from the Ţuțora Valley between the middle - the second half of the 7th century and the last quarter of the 6th century BC.
Considering the fact that certain types of pots discovered here are found in different regions, we assume that the early settlement from Ţuțora Valley represents a particular cultural phenomenon if compared to those known in the Prut-Dniester space in this period. These arguments entitle us to delimit within the remains of the early Iron Age on the territory between Prut and Dniester a new cultural aspect which we attribute conventionally to the remains of Buzdugani type. The future investigations, the discovery of new materials will confirm or introduce certain corrections to the data presented above.
For the upper layer attributed to the medieval period are important the discoveries of some cultural layers, some habitat and funerary complexes dated with the 16th-17th centuries. They confirm the existence of an important medieval settlement in the area of the Ţuțora ford. In the 17th century it became, according to the written documentary sources, an important princely market town. The market town Ţuțora could be located both on the left side and on the right site of Prut.
At the same site were discovered and investigated the fortifications of the so-called „Camp of Zamoyskij”, built, according to the written sources, in the year 1595 and rebuilt in 1620. The fortification represented an important defensive point of the ford from Prut and of Ţuțora customs at the crossroad of important international trade routes,and later – the location of the foreign armies in times of complex political-military disorders in the early medieval and pre-modern periods.
Alexandru Levinschi
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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....
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.