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.
„Tovărășia” (1906-1911) – periodical with co-operative profile of Romanians from Transylvania
Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. I [XVI], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie Chișinău, 2007
The appearance and the role of „Tovărășia” periodical, at the beginning of the 20th Century inscribes into the con- text of the growing concern for promoting and implementing the ideas and principles of universal co-operations into the Romanian society from Transylvania, especially in the rural economic space.
Edited and mostly done by the economist Vasile C. Osvada, one of greatest and representative figures of the Romanian co-operative movement and action from Transylvania, „Tovărășia” periodical imposed itself as one of the most representative co-operative periodicals, succeeding through its articles to evolve an efficient and extended co- operative propaganda, to permanently guide the establishment of different co-operative units, to give information and news about different areas of economic and social life in Transylvania.
Through the materials’ content, „Tovărășia” periodical meant a lot more than a mood and debates about viable economic opinions and solutions for the Romanian society, being a real laboratory where the ideas of a co-operative original economic literature got a form, underlining the Romanian specialists’ contribution to develop and materialize the universal co-operative movement, and especially from the Romanian space.
Therefore, the periodical was one of the most active and important factors of Romanian co-operativism at the beginning of the 20th Century, seen as one of the most efficient and dynamical vectors in the modernization and edification process of economic structures in the Romanian national area from Transylvania.
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
