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.
• Ilie Borziac, Nicolae Chetraru, Bone Objects with Traces of Activity Characteristic for Mousterian Culture between Prut and Dniester • Serghei Fidelschi, Trade Development of the Settled Population of the Lower Dniester in the 7th-3rd Century B.C. • Alexandru Levinschi, Serghei Covalenco, Sergiu Bodean, New Getian Vestiges in the Zone of the Moldavian Codri • Igor Cetvericov, Natalia Mateevici, Epigraphic Pieces from the Barbarian Settlement by the River of Crasnaia in the Area of Lower Dniester · Vlad Vornic, Glass Vessels Discovered in the Archaeological Centre of Budești • Gheorghe Postică, Observations concerning the topography and the structure of the early medieval settlements from Prut-Dniester space • Vlad D. Ghimpu, Les Roumains dans la région du Dniestr et Danube en VIII-XII siècles • Ecaterina Abâzova, Svetlana Reabțeva, Some New Examples of Medieval Non-Ferrous Artifacts in the Collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova • Ion Eremia, International Juridical Status of Moldova to the end of the 14th Century • Ion Chirtoagă, Foreign Commerce in the East of the Carpathian Mountains in 14th -early 15th Century • Angela Zubco, Foreign Pressure and Interferences to the Foundation of the Metropolitanate of Moldova • Andrei Eșanu, Valentina Eșanu, From Weapons to a Compromise in the Home Policy of Stephen the Great: Forming of the First Gospodar's Council (1457) • Tamara Nesterov, Reliques du canon médiéval de proportion dans l'architecture ecclésiastique en pierre de Bessarabie • Eduard Baidaus, Victor Damian, The zaporozhian cossacks and the "moldavian" policy of poland (The end of 16th - beginning of the 17th centuries) • Lilia Zabolotnaia, Image of Woman from Moldova Reflected in Internal Documents and Formers' Descriptions (the l6th-17th Centuries) • Nicolae Răileanu, Moldavian-Turkish Relations and the Juridical Status of the Romanian Principalities • Violeta Tipa, Medieval Moldavian Gala Dress: Between Occidental and Oriental Influences • Andrei Emilciuc, Port Odesa in the tsarist policy of consolidation of Russia's positions in the black sea basin • Valentin Tomuleț, Maria Maftei, L'institution de la barrière d'Ismail (1812-1818) • Valentin Tomuleț, Les sources de profit et le niveau de richesse de la bourgeoisie commerciale de bessarabie (les années 1831-1868) • Marian Petcu, The Origins of News Items in the Romanian Press • Aliona Gheorghiță, The Numerical Evolution of the Bulgarian Population in Bessarabia During the 19th Century • Valentin Tomuleț, Tatiana Chicaroș, Considérations générates sur l'évolutoin de I'enseignement secondaire pour les jeunes filles en Bessarabie dans la deuxième partie du XIX siècle - le debut du XX siècle • Maria Danilov, Romanian Books from the Library of the Harjauca Cloister (19th-early 20th Centuries) • Keziban Acar, Images of the turkes in russian patriotic culture during the russo-turkish war of 1877-1878 • Elena Ploșnița, About the "Monumental" Policy of the Russian Tsarism and the "Monumental" Heroes in Bessarabia (1812-1918) • Anatol Povestca, La vérité historique sur la question de Bessarabie • Lidia Pădureac, Impact of Home Policy on Foreign Policy: The Romanian-Soviet Relations in 1917-1934 • Artur Cavalini, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and the Italian neo-fascism • Elena Postică, Certaines considérations sur l'histoire et la signification des monuments de la gloire militaire dans la République de Moldova II. Personality, politologie et histoire locale
• Dorin Teodorescu, Antim Ivereanul, the Bishop of Ramnic in 1705-1708 • Dinu Poștarencu, The Family of Stroescu from Bessarabia • Vasile Dobrescu, "Astra", Vasile Stroescu and the Credit Cooperative movement from Transylvania. Projection and Accomplishments • Maxim Melinti, Bishop Nicodim (Krotkov) - worthy attendant of Besarabia • Silvia Şaranuța, Albina Osterman (1856-1936) • Ludmila Năstase, Les trois Maries de la famille Sciusev • Vasile Malanețchi, Ten Letters Written by Leon Boga to Father Alexandra Bardieru • Silviu Andrieș-Tabac, Les Armes et les Drapeaux des villages de Bubuieci et Colonița • Ion Rotaru, Some Considerations Concerned the Origin of the HarbovatVillage Name • Nicolae Bulat, "Încercari" - the Magazine of Soroca Pupils of Lyceums (1936-1939) • Nicolae Demcenco, Nos coeurs en granit • Essam Abou Salem, A New Way of Adjustment of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict • Aurelia Popușoi, The Correlation between Political Institutions and Political • Constantin Solomon, Parliamentary Election 2005 in Moldova • Victoria Perciun, Elections and Their Role in the Social Development
III. Religion, museografie et etnographie
• Natalia Chișcă, From Theology to Iconography · Alina Felea, Testaments as a Source of Study of Attitudes to the Death • Emanuil Brihuneț, Tombstones of 18th - Early 19th Century in the Lower Dniester Region • Svetlana Lupașco, La découverte de l'original dans l'iconographie. XVII-XIX siècles • Victor Filatov, Some Considerations Concerned the Identification of a Chain Mail • Ludmila Istomina, From the History of Construction of the Archangel Michael Cathedral Church from Cahul • Irina Goncearova, Medals with the Images of the Popes from the Collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova • Eugenia Borodac, Tamara Stamatov, Examples of the Caucasian Cold Steel from the Collection of the National Museum of History of Moldova • Ana Grițco, La collecton de cartes posrales du parrimoine du Musée National d'Histoire de Moldova) • Liubov Malahov, The Gospel from the Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra (1890) - a Rare Book from the Collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova • Silvia Şaranuța, Ornements populaires moldaves du patrimoine du Musée National d'Ethnographie et d'Histoire Naturelle • Varvara Buzilă, The ritual of wine "honoring"
IV. Comptes - rendus, chronique museale, ommages
• Constantin Stere, Un caz de conștiință, Editura Viața Românească, București, 1921, 86 p., [Dragoș Toma, O carte rară din colecția Muzeului Național de Arlieologie și Istorie] • Presa din Basarabia. Analize, contexte, valori (2854-2004), Cartdidact, Chișinău, 2005, 144 p. [Constantin Drachenberg, "Un valoros studiu științific"] • Cartea Memoriei. Catalog al victimelor totalitarismului comunist, vol. I-IV, Ştiința, Chișinău (vol. I,1999,464+XIV p.; vol.II, 2001, 464 p.; vol. III. 2003, 424 p.; vol.IV, 2005, 438 p.) [dr. hab. prof. univ. Anatol Petrencu, "Un important studiu privind trecutul totalitar"] • Analecta Catholica. Episcopia Romano-Catolică de Chișinău, I, Chișinău, 2005, 300 p. [Aurelia Cornețchi] • Silvia Grossu, Written Romanian Press in the Past, at Present and in Perspective. The National Symposium of Journalism, 2005 · Ana Grițco, "Le cygne de Bessarabie" est revenue à la maison · Valeriu Nazar, In the Universe of the Bessarabian Press • Ecaterina Bondarenco, L'exposition "Le visage visible et invisible de l'objet du patrimoine" · Aurelia Cornețchi, Exhibition "Destinies in the Light of Arts" • Natalia Chișcă, Cultural-Scientific Activities of the National Museum of History of Moldova in 2005 · Nicolae Chetraru: at the origines of the Bessarabian Archaeology • Alexandra Primac: a Hardened Destiny.
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)...
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
