#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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Journal „Tyragetia"

vol. X [XXV], nr. 1

ISSN 1857-0240
E-ISSN 2537-6330

Антон Костенко

"Lost collection" of Ion Suruceanu in Kherson Regional Museum

Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. X [XXV], nr. 1, Arheologie. Istorie Antică

Keywords: I.C. Suruceanu, V.I. Goshkevich, Kherson Museum, history of archaeology, museology.

Abstract: The article tells about the history of the archaeological collection of I.C. Suruceanu after his death in 1897. It contains information about modern museums, where part of the collection is stored today. Particular attention is paid to the I.C. Suruceanu's collection of lapidary monuments, which is almost completely preserved in the Kherson Regional Museum. Also there is presented a list of groups of antiquities from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu in Kherson.

List of illustrations:
Fig. 1. Ion Casian Suruceanu.
Fig. 2. Victor Ivanovich Goshkevich.
Fig. 3. Lapidarium of the Kherson Regional Museum (the first room). Monuments from the collection of I. C. Suruceanu.
Fig. 4. Ancient Greek weight from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu.
Fig. 5. Clay female head from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu.
Fig. 6. Sculpture of a lion from Olbia from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu.
Fig. 7. Men's half-figure from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu.
Fig. 8. Medieval lapidary monument from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu.
Fig. 9. Islamic lapidary monuments from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu.
Fig. 10. Ottoman plate from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu.
Fig. 11. Marble slab from the collection of I.C. Suruceanu.