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Bronze cauldrons of the Scythian time are rare in the Northern Black Sea region, especially on its western borders. Therefore, those few items found on the territory of the Republic of Moldova occupy a worthy place in the collection of the National Museum of History of Moldova (NMHM). In particular, in the archaeological exhibition, two bronze cauldrons are displayed, discovered near the village of Nicolscoe in 1988 in burial mounds no. 14 and 15. In addition, in 2020, two bronze cauldrons without any accompanying documents were found in the collection of NMHM; however, they were visually identified as coming from various excavations in the Low Dniester region, such as burial mound no. 45 near Dubăsari and burial mound no. 1 near the Răscăieții Noi village.

The object presented as the exhibit of the month is a little-known find discovered in 1979 in barrow 1 near the village of Răscăieții Noi in the Ștefan Vodă district. In addition to its outstanding size (about 10 m high), this mound is known for discovering a cast bronze finial in the Scythian animal style on its surface in 1953. However, by the beginning of excavations, the locals had damaged part of the mound and a Scythian cast bronze cauldron was found near it. The cauldron was seriously damaged by mechanical impact, as a result of which the rim was deformed, and the walls, with one preserved vertical handle, were bent inwards. Fragments in the upper part of the body and one handle have been lost. The total reconstructed height of the cauldron is 24 cm (excluding the handles), the reconstructed diameter of the hemispherical cauldron is 30 cm, and the weight is 6.5 kg. In 2020, data on the chemical composition of the bronze cauldron alloy were obtained, revealing that it was cast from an alloy of almost 95 per cent copper. Unfortunately, due to the loss of information on the context of the discovery of the cauldron at Răscăieții Noi, it is impossible to link its discovery with one or another Scythian burial of the barrow. Moreover, the grave goods of other Scythian burials of Barrow 1 do not allow them to date below the 4th century BC. However, the cauldron with vertical handles from Răscăieții Noi most likely belongs earlier. This may be indicated by a bronze finial from the first half of the 5th century BC, which was found on this barrow in 1953. In addition, burial 7 from the nearest excavated barrow 2 at Răscăieții Noi, containing a plaque depicting a rolled predator (a copy of which is also on display at the NMHM), belongs to the mid- 5th century BC. Thus, there is a high probability that the cauldron from Barrow 1 at Răscăieții Noi is associated with the late Middle Scythian period or the mid-5th century BC.

Scythian bronze cauldrons in the west area are concentrated in three main regions: Bukovina-Podolia, the Lower Danube, and the Lower Dniester. Some Scythian cauldrons have no reliable archaeological context. Nevertheless, in combination with the same "stray" finds like the Scythian statues, the finds of Scythian cauldrons mark the Scythian presence, most likely not earlier than the late 6th century or even the turn of the 6th-5th centuries BC. The cauldrons first appeared in Bukovina, where they have been known since the middle of the 7th century BC. Bronze cauldrons (with their carriers) entered the steppe region 150-200 years later, and the "military" burials that appeared in the western steppe regions were no earlier than the middle of the 5th century BC. Most burials with cauldrons (and, apparently, the stray finds) are dated back to the second half of the 5th century BC. Then, in the early 4th century BC, their quantity was reduced, and after the first quarter of the 4th century BC, they completely disappeared from the cultural practice of the population of the steppes of the North-Western Black Sea region.

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Publications Journal „Tyragetia"


Tyragetia, nr. IX

Tyragetia, nr. IX

Chișinău, 2000

SUMAR (SOMMAIRE)

I. Studii

• Nicolae Raileanu, 100 ani de Muzeografie. (110 ans de muséographie dans la République Moldova)
• Lilia Calughin, Aurelia Cornețchi, Informatizarea Patrimoniului Muzeului Național de Istorie a Moldovei. (L'informatisation du patrimoine du Musée National d'Histoire de Moldova)
• Elena Ploșnița, Problema ocrotirii Patrimoniului cultural în epoca modernă (Le problème de la protection du patrimoine culturel dans l'époque moderne)

II. Arheologie și istorie (Arheologie et Histoire)

• Nicolae Chetraru, Sergiu Covalenco, Particularitățile tehnico-tipologice ale complexului de silex din stațiunea paleoliticului superior Rașcov VII. (Les particularités technico-typologiques du complexe de silex dans la periode paleolithique tardive de Rașcov VII)
• Victor Sorochin, Cercetări arheologice în așezarea precuteniană Isacova II. (Recherches archéologiques dans l'habitat précucutenien Isacova II)
• Grigore Cemârtan, Trăsăturile morfologice ale taurinelor (Bos taurus) din stațiunile eneolitice de pe teritoriul Republicii Moldova
• Natalia Mateevici, Penetrația amforelor grecești în spațiul Nord-Vest Pontic în sec. IV - încep. sec. II a Chr. (La pénétration des amphores grecques dans l'espace nord - ouest pontique an VI s. - commencement du II s. a. Christ)       
• Alexandru Levinschi, Olga Scipachin, Măria Negură, Complexele locative din fortificația getică Saharna - „La Revechin” (Les complexes locatifs de la fortification gétique Saharna - „La Revechin”)
• Marc Tcaciuc, Galina Zasâpchin, Date noi de la cetatea Rudi - „La Şanțuri”. Caracterizarea tipologică și cronologică a complexelor închise. (Nouvelles dates concernant la fortification Rudi - „La Şanțuri”. La typologie et la cronologie des complexes funéraires)
• Maria Pavlov, Rezultatele preliminare ale cercetării materialelor cu caracter antropologic și arheozoologic din complexele funerare de la cetatea Rudi -  „La Şanțuri”. (Matériaux antropologiques et archéozoologiques de la fortification Rudi - „La Şanțuri”)
• Ion Hâncu, Semnificația etnoculturală a unor așezări arheologice de pe teritoriul actual al Republicii Moldova (La signification ethnoculturelle de certains habitats archéologiques médiévals prématurés de l'espace entre Prout - Nistrou)
• Ion Dron, Hidronimie Românească (Basarabia și Transnistria) (L'hydronymie roumaine (Bessarabie et Transnistrie)
• Liviu Vacarciuc, De la mitologie antică la oenologie modernă (De la mythologie antique l'oénologie moderne)
• Vlad D. Ghimpu, Rodica Blanovsschi, Natalia Ghimpu, Cercetări Arheologice preliminare în târgului medieval din Lăpușna (Recherches archéologiques préliminaires dans Ie bourg médiévale Lăpușna)
• Liuba Bârsan, Unitățile și instrumentele de măsurat lungimea pământului în Moldova (Les unitès et Ies instruments de mesure de la longueur de la terre en Moldova au s. XV - com. XIX s.)
• Mihai Onilă, Populația satului Isacova, ținutul Orhei (sf. sec. XVI  - încep. sec. XIX) (La population du village Isacova, district Orhei (fin du XVI - commencement du XIX s.)
• Andrei Eșanu, Valentina Eșanu, Raporturile Căprienei cu mănăstirea Zograf de la Muntele Athos (sec. XVII - încep. sec. XX) (Les liaisons de Căpriana avec le monastere Zografu de la Sainte Montagne Athos (XVII-XX))     
• Rita Voloșin, Geneologia familiei Demi (La généalogie de la familie Demi)
• Maria Danilov, Carte și tipar în Basarabia (1812-1830). Reconsiderări (Livre et imprimerie en Bessarabie (1812-1830))
• Lidia Volânschi, Contribuții la istoricul tipografiilor din Basarabia (1814-1914) (Contributions à l'histoire des typographies de Bessarabie (1814-1914))
• Ion Chirtoagă, Valentina Chirtoagă, Evoluția etnodemografică a populației Basarabiei de Sud în primele decenii ale sec. al XlX-lea (L'évolution ethnodémographique de la population du sud de Bessarabie dans Ies premières décennies du XlX s.)
• Ana Grițco, Aspecte din activitatea Consistoriului Duhovnicesc din Chișinău (a ll-a jumătate a sec. XIX - încep. sec. XX) (Aspects de l'activité du Conseil ecclésiastique de Chișinău (II moitié du XIX s. commencement du XX s.))
• Aurelia Cornețchi, File din istoria Liceului de fete Principesa Ileana din Tighina (Feuielles de l'histoire du Lycée de filles La princesse Hélène de Tighina)
• Ludmila Năstase, Locașurile de cult în creația arhitectului A.V. Şciusev (Le locaux de cult dans la création de l'architecte A.V. Şciusev)
• Alexei Zagaievschi, Meseria în piatră de Cosăuți (Le métier en pierre de Cosăuți)
• Vitalie Ciobanu, Militarii în mișcarea de eliberare națională din Basarabia, 1917-1918 (Les militaires dans le mouvement naționale de Bessarabie (1917-1918)
• Petru Vicol, Un program educativ pentru județul Soroca înaintat la 1935 de senatorul Gheorghe N. Gâscă (Un programme éducatif pour le district Soroca proposé en 1935 par le sénateur Gheorghe N. Gâscă)
• Elena Postică, Memoria istorică ca formă de justiție (Memoire historique comme forme de Justice)
• Maria Praporșcic, Congresul al lll-lea al scriitorilor din Moldova (14-15 octombrie 1965) (Le III-éme Congrès des écrivains de Moldova (14-15 octombre 1965))
• Victor Gaiciuc, Crearea Armatei Naționale al Republicii Moldova în contextul evenimentelor istorice (La formation de L'Armée Nationale de République Moldova dans le contexte de evénéments historiques)
• Silviu Andrieș-Tabac, Noile simboluri ale orașului Orhei (Les nouveaux symboles hérealidique de la viile d'Orhei)

III. Muzeografie și etnografie (Museographie et ethnographie)

• Ecaterina Bondarenco, Cromatica și ornamentica covoarelor din colecția Muzeului Național de Istorie a Moldovei (La chromatique et l'ornement des tapis de la collection du Musée National d'Histoire de Moldova)
• Nadejda Botea, Cartea tipărită la lași în sec. XVIII. Din colecția Muzeului
Național de Istorie a Moldovei (Le livre imprimé à lași en XVIII s. De la collection du Musée National d'Histoire de Moldova)

• Irina Gonciarov, O medalie de F. Müller în memoria bătăliei de la Poltava (1709) (La médaille de l'artisan allemand F. Müller "En souvenir de la bataille de Poltava" de la collection MNIM)
• Eugenia Borodac, Tamara Stamatov, Porțelanuri și faianță rusească în colecția Muzeului Național de Istorie a Moldovei (La faience et la porcelaine de Russie dans la collection du musée)
• Liubov Malahov, Ziarul "Ведомости Кишиневской Городской Думы" (1899-1916) în colecția Muzeului Național de Istorie a Moldovei (Le Journal "Le Bulletin de la Dume Citadine de Chișinău" dans la collection du Musee National d'histoire de Moldova)
• Polina Gridnev, Arta antică în colecția Muzeului Național de Artă Plastică a Moldovei (L'art antique dans la collection du Musée National d'Art Plastique de Moldova)
• Diana Iepure, Ceramică decorativă din Patrimoniul Muzeului Național de Istorie a Moldovei (La céramique décorative du patrimoine MNIM)
• Liubov Reprințev, Pictorul C. Chitaica (1914-1962) în colecția Muzeului Național de Istorie a Moldovei (Le peintre C. Chitaica (1914-1962) dans la collection MNIM)
• Maria Evdochimov, M.A. Peleah - personalitate în domeniul vinificației din Moldova. (Din colecția Muzeului Național de Istorie a Moldovei) (M.A. Peleah - iilustre savant - pédagogue dans le domaine de la production de vin et de la cultivation de la vigne (sur le matériei de la collection du musee)
• Svetlana Speranschi, Restaurarea icoanei "lisus Pantocratorul" din a II jum. sec. XIX (La restauration d'une icône de la II moitié du XIX "Jesus Pantocratorul")
• Silvia Şărănuță, Contribuții la studierea vestimentației păstorești din Moldova (Des contributions a l'étude de la vestimentation pastorale de Moldova)
• Anastasia Hâncu-Tentiuc, Influențe interetnice în cadrul obiceiurilor populare tradiționale din sudul Basarabiei (Influences interethniques dans le cadre des coutumes populaires traditionnelles du Sud de Bessarabie)




 

 

Independent Moldova
Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
Bessarabia and MASSR between the Two World Wars
Bessarabia and Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the Period between the Two World Wars
Revival of National Movement
Time of Reforms and their Consequences
Abolition of Autonomy. Bessarabia – a New Tsarist Colony
Period of Relative Autonomy of Bessarabia within the Russian Empire
Phanariot Regime
Golden Age of the Romanian Culture
Struggle for Maintaining of Independence of Moldova
Formation of Independent Medieval State of Moldova
Era of the
Great Nomad Migrations
Early Middle Ages
Iron Age and Antiquity
Bronze Age
Aeneolithic Age
Neolithic Age
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#Exhibit of the Month

Bronze cauldrons of the Scythian time are rare in the Northern Black Sea region, especially on its western borders. Therefore, those few items found on the territory of the Republic of Moldova occupy a worthy place in the collection of the National Museum of History of Moldova (NMHM)...

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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.
©2006-2024 National Museum of History of Moldova
Visit museum 31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Phones:
Secretariat: +373 (22) 24-43-25
Department of Public Relations and Museum Education: +373 (22) 24-04-26
Fax: +373 (22) 24-43-69
E-mail: office@nationalmuseum.md
Technical Support: info@nationalmuseum.md
Web site administration and maintenance: Andrei EMILCIUC

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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.
©2006-2024 National Museum of History of Moldova
Visit museum 31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Phones:
Secretariat: +373 (22) 24-43-25
Department of Public Relations and Museum Education: +373 (22) 24-04-26
Fax: +373 (22) 24-43-69
E-mail: office@nationalmuseum.md
Technical Support: info@nationalmuseum.md
Web site administration and maintenance: Andrei EMILCIUC