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The 21 beads form part of a bronze hoard found in 2019 within a forested area close to the town of Nisporeni. Alongside the beads, the hoard included numerous bronze ornaments (2 Röschitz-Sanislău-type fibulae, 7 necklaces, 12 rings, 22 tubes, 23 bracelets, and approximately 80 appliqués), one coral bead and a pendant made from a wild animal's tooth. At present, the amber beads are preserved in the collections of the Muzeul Național de Istorie a Moldovei, while the remainder of the hoard is in the possession of a private collector.
The hoard was discovered accidentally in a pit about 50 cm deep. The objects in this hoard are of Western origin, with known parallels in archaeological complexes from Poland, Hungary, Serbia, and Slovakia, and, to a lesser extent, in Romania. The presence of this bronze hoard on the territory of the Republic of Moldova illustrates the cultural dynamics of the region during the Early Iron Age and a fundamental shift in the vector of cultural influences from east to west.
The amber bead strand comprises 16 whole beads and five fragmentary ones. They have an elongated biconical shape and vary in size. The beads are brown-reddish in color; their lengths range from 1.1 to 3.1 cm, widths from 0.6 to 1.4 cm, thicknesses from 0.6 to 1.1 cm, and the perforation diameter ranges between 0.2 and 0.3 cm.
Amber beads appear in several bronze hoards dated to the Late Bronze Age in the eastern half of Slovakia and in Transdanubian Hungary. Parallels are also known from the Cioclovina Cave in Romania. With the onset of the Iron Age, amber items disappear from the Carpathian Basin for approximately 300 years, reappearing alongside the arrival of Scythian elements.
The bronze hoard discovered at Nisporeni is dated to the HaA2-HaB1-2 interval (1050/1000 - 800/750 B.C.).

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Publications Journal „Tyragetia"


Tyragetia, nr. III

Tyragetia, nr. III

Chișinău, 1996

SUMAR (SOMMAIRE)

 

I. Studii

• Nicolae Răileanu, Din istoria Muzeelor Moldovei. Muzeul de Antichități al Nataliei Sicard din Vadul lui Vodă
• Grigore Jitaru, Blazoanele dinastice și stema de stat a Moldovei
• Vlad D. Ghimpu, Biserica Adormirii Maicii Domnului de la mănăstirea Căpriana
• Vasile Negruță, Dan Suruceanu, Creația Zugravului Gherasim șl sculptorului D. Ştefan la răscrucea secolelor XVIII-XIX
• Vasile Haheu, Cetățile traco-geto-daclce și elemente de urbanizare la tracii de nord
• Alexandru Levinschi, Atelierele de ceramică de la Soloncenl și unele probleme privind olăritul la purtătorii culturii Sântana da Mureș-Cerneahov

II. Arheologie și Istorie veche

• Ilie Borziac, Philip Allsworth, Nicolae Chetraru, Cercetări interdisciplinare în grotele paleolitice din Nord-Vestul Moldovei
• Serghei Covalenco, Nicolae Chetraru, Așezarea mezolltlcâ de la Sărăteni
• Oleg Levițki, Tatiana Demcenco, Tumuli din epoca fierului timpuriu de lângă satul Cotiujeni
• Serghei Agulnlcov, Cociulia - Cetățuie în codrii Tighecilor
• Natalia Mateevici, Piese arheologice provenite din colecția lui Ion Surucean
• Ilie Borziac, Alexei Zagaievschi, Cele mai vechi file din istoria satului Cosăuți

III. Istorie medievală

• Ion Hâncu, Rezultatele cercetărilor arheologice de la biserica cu pronaosul lărgit din Orheiul Vechi
• Pavel Bârnea, Despre soarta istorică a Orheiului Vechi
• Petre Beșliu, Contribuția universității săsești la consolidarea sistemului de fortificații din defileul Oltului
• Ana Boldureanu, Vera Paiul, Tezaurul monetar de la Gârbova
• Mihai Onilă, Eparhia Chișinăului și Hotinului (180 ani de la organizare)

IV . Istorie modernă și contemporană

• Măria Hasnaș, Cazimireștii în Basarabia. Ramura din Hotin
• Aurelia Cornețchi, Contribuții ta istoria Liceului de fete din Cetatea Albă
• Тамара Синхани, Из истории иконописания в Ново-Нямецком монастыре
• Ирина Гончарова, Сканные сумочки
• Liubovi Malahov, Colecția presei periodice din sec. XIX – începutul sec. XX
• Vitalie Juc, Valentin Tomuleț, Schiță din istoria satului Tabani
• Tamara Stamatov, Tehnici vechi românești de cusut în ornamentarea cămașelor femeiești
• Elvira Vacula, Societatea Națională de Cruce Roșie din Basarabia. Anii 1920-1930
• Nadejda Lavric, Din istoria documentelor puse în circulație în Basarabia interbelică
• Elena Postică, Deputații Sfatului Ţării represați în anul 1940
• Людмила Пасиковская, О раскулачивании и выселении в MACCP в 1930-1931

V. Muzeologie si memorialistică

• Elena Ploșnița, Unele aspecte din activitatea muzeografică a lui Nicolae Iorga
• Eugenia Borodac, Nicolae Dimo - savant cu renume în pedologie
• Любовь Репринцева, Судьба ученого Г.И. Пысларь
• Мария Евдокимова, Михаил Паутынский – ученый винодел и химик

VI. Recenzii

• Tudor Arnăut, Arheologul G.D. Smirnov și unele probleme de concepție privind mil. I î.e.n.
• Igor Cereteu, Sergiu Tabuncic. Şoldăneșii - localitate străveche din valea Ciornei
• Николай Тельнов, Nicolae Chetraru. Din istoria arheologiei Moldovei. Basarabia și Transnistria




 

 

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
Palaeolithic Age
  
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#Exhibit of the Month

The 21 beads form part of a bronze hoard found in 2019 within a forested area close to the town of Nisporeni. Alongside the beads, the hoard included numerous bronze ornaments (2 Röschitz-Sanislău-type fibulae, 7 necklaces, 12 rings, 22 tubes, 23 bracelets, and approximately 80 appliqués), one coral bead and a pendant made from a wild animal's tooth...

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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.
©2006-2026 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.
©2006-2026 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