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.
Владимир Белозор, Александр Могилов, Сергей Скорый
Early Iron Age complexes near Kozlov village in the Middle Dniester area
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. IV [XIX], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică
The article is devoted to the specialist publication of materials from the Early Iron Age settlement near Kozlov village in Mogyliv-Podilskyj district of the Vinnitsa region, investigated in 1987 by the expedition of the Institute of Archaeology AS USSR. Remains of the dwellings, household pits and a context connected to the treatment of flint were excavated. The basic category of finds from a settlement are the ceramics, the finds of complete pottery vessels being rare. Metallic objects are not present, which may partly have been compensated by the wide distribution of the flints. The analysis of the inventory allows us to date the settlement back to the end of the pre-scythian - the beginning of scythian time.
List of illustrations Fig. 1. General plan of Kozlov II settlement. Fig. 2. Plan of excavations from Kozlov II settlement. Fig. 3. Plan and section of dwelling no. 1. Fig. 4. Plans and sections of pits from Kozlov II settlement: 1 - pit no. 2; 2 - pit no. 3; 3 - pit no. 5; 4 - pit no. 6. Fig. 5. Furnaces from Kozlov II settlements. Fig. 6. Ceramics from Kozlov II (1-4, 13-22) and Kozlov I (5-12) settlements. Fig. 7. Ceramics from Kozlov II settlement. Fig. 8. Inventory of Kozlov II settlement: 1-40, 42-44 - ceramics, 41 - stone. Fig. 9. Ceramics from Kozlov II settlement. Fig. 10. Ceramics from Kozlov II settlement. Fig. 11. Ceramics from Kozlov II settlement. Fig. 12. Ceramics from Kozlov II settlement. Fig. 13. Inventory of Kozlov II settlement: 1-17, 19, 21-25 - stone; 18, 20 - ceramics; 26 - bone; 24 - bronze. Fig. 14. Main cultural-chronological indicators from early Scythian monuments from Middle Dniester region: 1 - Lenkovcy, tumulus; 2 - Sokirincy; 3, 4 - Perebykovcy, tumulus no. 2; 5-12 - Kruglik, tumulus no. 1; 13-22, 25 - Šutnovcy, tumulus no. 3; 23, 26 - Ivane-Puste; 24, 28 - Zales’e; 27 - Loevcy, tumulus no. 1; 29 - Nivra; 30, 31 - Teklivka, tumulus no. 3; 32 - Bratyšev, tumulus no. 4. 1-4, 22, 23, 25, 27 - iron; 3-21, 24, 30-32 - bronze; 26, 28, 29 - bone (1 - after A.I. Meljukova; 2, 14-22, 25 - after A.F. Gucal; 3-12 - after G.I. Smirnova; 23, 24, 26 - after O.D. Ganina; 27 - after L.I. Krušel’nickaja; 28 - after A.D. Mogilov; 29 - after M.S. Bandrivskij; 30, 31 - after A.F. Gucal, V.A. Gucal, V.P. Megej, A.D. Mogilov; 32 - after T. Sulimirskij).
Сергей Скорый
The new find of a bronze cast helmet of the Scythian Archaic period in Kuban
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. XVIII [XXXIII], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică
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.
31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
