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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.


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Publications Journal „Tyragetia"


Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. XIII [XXVIII], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie
ISSN 1857-0240
E-ISSN 2537-6330

Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. XIII [XXVIII], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie

Chişinău, 2019

Researches


Игорь Сапожников
The Ottoman Tatarbunary Fortress of the 17th-18th centuries: historical and topographical outline

Valentin Tomuleţ
The influence of external factors on the demographic changes in Khotyn County in the second half of the 18th - the first half of the 19th century (some generalizations about the monograph dedicated to Khotyn County)

Papers and surveys


Vasile Mărculeţ
The Vlach-Bulgarian anti-Byzantine Rebellion. Second Phase (Autumn 1186 - Autumn 1187)

Jerzy Sperka
Few remarks on relations between Wladislaus of Opole and Moldova and Wallachia

Victoria Cojocaru
“Betrayal” of Bogdan Vodă and the beginnings of the Moldavian State

Katarzyna Niemczyk
Petru Rareş and Ludovico Gritti. The story about difficult relations between the ruler of Moldova and the Turkish spy in Hungary

Lilia Zabolotnaia
Testament of Moldavian princess Maria (Lupu) Radziwill from 1659

Nicolae Dudnicenco
Vegetable growing in the towns from Rzeczpospolita and Principality of Moldova in the XVI- XVII centuries

Costin Croitoru
Contributions to the history of the Romanian vocabulary: names of Polish coins that circulated in Moldova. I. Potronic

Виктор Цвиркун
Unknown pages of the biography of C.A. Cantemir

Anna Skowronek
Poles in Russian Bessarabia – stages and reasons for their inflow

Mihai Melnic
Several stamps of craft guilds of Bessarabia of the 19th century

Vazha Kiknadze
Mateusz Gralewski about 19th century Georgia

Andrei Emilciuc
Establishment and functioning of the public granaries in Bessarabia (1834-1856)

Gherghina Boda
Aron Densuşianu: “Memories and travel impressions” of Ţara Haţegului / the Country of Haţeg (the magazine Familia, 1865-1866)

Vasile Iucal
Exposing the myth: construction of the railway bridge across the Prut River in Ungheni

Krzysztof Nowak
Integration of reborn Poland and united Romania. Similarities and differences

Dmytro Bondarenko
Poland, Romania, Finland: the formation of cordon sanitaire, 1918-1920

Henryk Walczak
The issue of compensation for expropriated Polish citizens in Romania in relations between Warsaw and Bucharest in the interwar period

Elena Chiaburu
Removing and censoring books in communist Romania: Ion Ionescu de la Brad’s case

Nicolae Fuștei
Religious Communities of Evangelical Christian Baptists in the MSSR (1944-1965)

Silviu Andrieş-Tabac
The new heraldic symbols of the towns of Criuleni, Glodeni, Străşeni

Борис Дудочкин
The History of Restoration of an Iconostasis by Andrey Rublev and the monk Daniel in the Trinity Cathedral of the Trinity Sergius Lavra

Emanuela Cernea, Adelaida Chiroşca
Remade icon from the collections of the National Museum of Art of Romania

Anatolie Povestca
The Polish medal in the collection of the National Museum of History of Moldova

Ana Griţco
The history of making the Great Union on an illustrated postcard

Vera Serjant
Testimonies about the noble family Leviţki (Lewicki) in the collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova

Elena Postică
Documentary photography exhibition “War after the War”

Elena Ploşniţa
Principles of the ICOM Code of Ethics and some issues of professional ethics in the museum system of the Republic of Moldova

Paper and book review


Игорь Сапожников
Андрій Красножон, Фортеці та міста Північно-Західного Причорномор’я (ХV-XVIII ст.). Одеса: Чорномор’я, 2018, 312 c. ISBN: 978-966-555-313-7

Yuri Pyatnitsky
Maria Vassilaki, Working Drawings of Icon Painters after the Fall of Constantinople. The Andreas Xyngopoulos Portfolio at the Benaki Museum. Athens, 2015, 453 p. $ 45. 400 copies in English and 400 copies in Greek. Produced by Peak Publishing and printed by Baxas S.A. for the A.G. Leventis Foundation, the A.G. Leventis Gallery and the Benaki Museum. ISBN 978-9963- 732-09-8 (A.G. Leventis Foundation, A.G. Leventis Gallery). ISBN 978-960-476-168-5 (Benaki Museum)

Lilia Zabolotnaia
Ştefan Lemny, Dimitrie Cantemir, un principe român în zorile Luminilor europene. A Romanian prince at the dawn of the European enlightenment. Un prince roumain à l’aube des Lumières européennes. Bucureşti: Editura Institutului Cultural Român, 2019, 186 p. + 59 ilustraţii. ISBN 978-973-577-737-1

In memoriam


Silvia Grossu
Mă doare aşa de tare somnul ei!

Lucia Marinescu
In memoriam Mihai Onilă

 



 

 

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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.
©2006-2025 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.
©2006-2025 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