The collection is in connection with the archaeological research of the fortress “Bukelon” near the village of. Matochina, which began in 2017 and continued in the following years 2018, 2019, 2021.
Scientific supervisor is prof. ace. Dr. Mariela Inkova with the participation of Panayot Antonov from the National Museum of History, prof. ace. Dr. Georgi Sengalevich from NAIM, Irena Ruseva from IM-Svilengrad and Dr. Kalina Yordanova from the National History Museum. The movable cultural objects discovered during the excavations reflect the multi-layered nature of the site: from the late phase of the Early Iron Age, the Late Roman – Late Antique period, the Medieval period and the Ottoman period. Among the more interesting finds noteworthy is a molvidovul of the Great Falconer of the Byzantine Emperor from the end of the 13th century and a bone handle for an instrument or tool (?) with an image of a dog, 4th century. The collection includes a small part of the finds related to the life in the fortress, the coins are kept in the collection “Numismatics and Sphragistics”, and most of them are in IM – Svilengrad.
