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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. VIII

Tyragetia, nr. VIII

Chișinău, 1999

SUMAR (SOMMAIRE)

I. Arheologie și istorie (Archeologie et Histoire)

• Ilie Borziac, Vasile Chirica, Unele considerații referitoare la Gravetianul dintre Nistru și Carpații Orientali (Certaines considérations sur le Gravetien d'entre Nistrou et Ies Carpates Orientals)
• Serghei Covalenco, Nicolae Chetraru, Bazele tipologice de individualizare a complexelor mezoliticedin Moldova (Les bases typologiques de l'individualisation des complexes mésolithiques)
• Nicolae Chetraru, Serghei Covalenco, Bădragii Vechi - complex mezolitic de tip Kukrek din regiunea Prutului de Mijloc (Bădragii Vechi - Complexe mésolithique du type Kukrek de la région Prouthoul de Mijloc)
• Ecaterina Abâzov, Eugen Clocico, Necropola tumulară de lângă s. Chirileni (La nécropole tumulaire Chirileni-Ungheni (II))
• Alexandru Levinschi, Olga Şcipachin, Ghenadie Dulea, Rezervația istorico-naturală "Saharna" - primele investigații (La réservation historico-naturelle "Saharna" - Ies premières investigations)
• Alexandru Popa, Sticla de geam din perioada romană târzie în Basarabia (La verre de la période romane-tardive en Bassarabie)
• Ion Dron, Peresecina (reevaluări și contribuții istorico-etimologice) (Peresecina - reévaluations et contributions istorico-etimologiques)
• Liuba Bârsan, Acest Vlaicu Galeș! (Ce Vlaicu Galeș!)
• Eduard Baidaus, Considerente privind premisele politice ale războiului de la Hotin din anul 1621 (Considérations visant Ies premises politiques de la guerre de Hotin de 1621)
• Mihai Onilă, Un boier de țară - Mihalcea Hâncu (300 de ani de la moarte) (Un boyard du pays - Mihalcea Hâncu)
• Nicolae Răileanu, Carol al Xll-lea după bătălia de la Poltava. Calea spre Bender (Tighina) (Carol XII aprés la bataille de Poltava. Les chemins vers Bender (Tighina))
• Alexei Zagaievschi, Mănăstirea Cosăuți în negura timpului (Le monastère Cosăuți dans Ies tenebres du temps)
• Maria Danilov, Ana Grițco, Acte în limba română tipărite în Basarabia (1812-1830. Partea a ll-a (Actes en roumain imprimés en Bessarabie (1812-1830))
• Silvia Corlăteanu-Granciuc, Contribuții documentare la istoricul colonizărilor sârbești în teritoriile dintre Prut și Nistru în primul pătrar al sec. al XIX-lea (Contributions documentaires â l'istorique des colonisations serbes sur le territoire d'entre Prouth et Nistrou dans le premier quart du XlX-e siècle)
• Liubov Malahov, Revista Kișinevskie Eparhialinâe Vedomosti (1867-1917) în colecția MNIM (La revue Bulletin diocèse de Chișinău 1867-1917 en collection du MNIM)
• Silviu Andrieș-Tabac, Noua stemă și noul drapel ale orașului Rezina (Le nouveau blazon et le nouveau drapeau de la viile Rezina)
• Lidia Volânschi, Din istoria mișcării cercetașilor din Basarabia în perioada interbelică (De l'histoire du mouvement de éclaireurs de la Bessarabie dans la période d'entre Ies guerres)
• Maria Praporșcic, Poziția autorităților RASSM față de Basarabia (1924-1929) (La position des autorités RASSM à l'egard de la Bessarabie)
• Elena Postică, Martiri ai rezistenței antitotalitariste din Basarabia (Les martires de la résistance antitotalitaire de Bessarabie)
• Maria Evdochimov, F.N. Tifaniuc-unul din organizatorii industriei de vinificație din Moldova (în baza colecțiilor muzeale) (F.N. Tifaniuc - un des organisateurs de ('industrie vinicole de Moldova (en vertu des collections du musée)
II. Muzeografie, etnografie, numizmatica (Museographie, ethnographie, numismatique)

• Grigore Cemârtan, Vânatul și creșterea animalelor domestice la triburile neolitice și eneolitice de pe teritoriul Republicii Moldova (La chlasse et l'élevage chez Ies tribus néolithiques et énéolithiques sur le territoire de la Républicque Moldova)
• Vera Paiul, Tezaurul monetar din secolele XVI-XVII descoperit la Milești (Nisporeni) (Le trésor monétaire des XVI-e-XVII-e siècles de Milești, district Nisporeni)
• Eugenia Borodac, Tamara Stamatov, Mostre de porțelanuri europene în colecția MNIM (Des échantillon de porcelaine europene dans la colection du Musée National d’Histoire de Moldova)
• Irina Gonciarov, Însemne ale persoanelor din administrația țărănească din sec. al XlX-lea în colecția MNIM (Insignes des personnes de l'administration paysanne du XlX-e siècle dans la collection du Musée d’Histoire de Moldova)         
• Elena Ploșnița, Muzeul de istorie al Basarabiei - un deziderat al Comisiei Guberniale Ştiințifice a Arhivelor (Le Musée d’Histoire de la Bessarabie - un désidérat de la Commission Goubernielle Scientifique des Archives)         
• Ecaterina Bondarenco, Restaurarea unui păretar de la sfârșitul sec. al XlX-lea (La restauration d’un tapis mural de la fin du XlX-e siècle)
• Alexandru Furtună, Unele considerente privind păstoritul transhumant și implicațiile lui în Basarabia, Transnistria, Crimeea, Caucaz și Asia Mijlocie (sfârșitul sec. al XlX-lea - începutul sec. al XlX-lea) (Certaines considérations concernant la bergerie transhumante et son implication en Bessarabie, Transnistria, Crimée, Caucase et l'Assie Moyenne (fin du XlX-e s. comm. du XX-e siècle)
• Diana Nicoglo, Aspecte simbolice ale mesei nupțiale găgăuzești din sec. al XlX-lea - începutul sec al XX-lea (Les aspects symboliques de la table nuptiale gagauze du XlX-e s. - au debut du XX-e s.)
• Olga Luchianeț, Considerații privind percepția colectivă reciprocă a etniilor conlocuitoare din Moldova (Des considérations concernant la perception collective réciproque des étnies cohabitantes de Moldova)

III. Cultură, artă, învățământ (Culture, art, enseignement)

• Rodica Blanovschi, Chipul Sfintei Parascheva în iconografia ortodoxă (sec. XIV-XVII) (L'image de Sainte Parascheva dans l'iconographie ortodoxe (XIV-XVII siècle)
• Vlad D. Ghimpu, Biserici din târgul Orheiului (Les églises de la viile Orhei)
• Nicolai Dâmcenko, Andrei Zenkin, Moștenirea culturală a tipografului Mihail Strilbițchi (L'héritage culturel du typographe Mihail Strilbitschi)
• Ludmila Năstase, Creionări la portretul de creație al arhitectului A.l. Bernardazzi (Des croyonnages au portrait de création de l'architecte A.l. Bernardazzi)
• Nicolae Crețu, Unele considerații asupra dezvoltării învățământului în Basarabia în sec. al XlX-lea (Certaines considérations sur le développement de l'enseignement en Bessarabie du XlX-e siècle)
• Ion Chirtoagă, Valentina Chirtoagă, Mărturii despre învățământul primar în coloniile germane din Basarabia (sec. al XlX-lea - începutul sec. al XX-lea) (Des témoignages sur l'enseignement primaire dans Ies colonies allemandes de la Bessarabie (XlX-e s. – corn du XX-e siècle)
• Aurelia Cornețchi, Liceul de fete Regina Maria din Bolgrad. Pagini de istorie (Le Lycee de filles Régina Maria de Bolgrad. Pages d’histoire)
• Liubov Reprințev, Creația lui Boris Nesvedov în colecția MNIM (către aniversarea a 95-a de la naștere) (L'oeuvre du peintre B. Nesvedov dans Ies collections du musée (à l'aniversaire de 95-ème année de sa nyissance)

IV. Recenzii, omagii (Comptes-rendus, hommages)

• Corpus des römichen Funde im Europäischen Barbaricum (A. Popa)
• Monumenta Romaniae Vaticana (A. Hâncu-Tentiuc, l. Tentiuc)
• Revista Arheologică, 2, Chișinău, 1998 (V. Ghimpu)    
• Simion Gavrilă, reputat arheolog și muzeograf român. La 70 de ani (Simion Gavrilă, renommé archeolog et muzeographe roumain. À 70 ans) (l. Niculiță)

V. Cronică muzeală (Chronique museale)

• A. Cornețchi, Activitatea cultural-științifică a Muzeului Național de Istorie a Moldovei (L'activité culturelle - scientifique du Musée National d'Histoire de Moldova, 1998)
• N. Dâmcenko, 40 de ani ai Muzeului din Tiraspol (40 ans du Musée de Tiraspol)




 

 

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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
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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