A COMPLEX STUDY OF SARCOPHAGUS 3 OF THE ZNAMENSKAYA CHURCH OF THE MOSCOW NOVOSPASSKIY MONASTERY

,; Mednikova, Mariya; Belyaev, Leonid; Elkina, Irina

PII

S0869-60630000349-6-1

DOI

10.7868/S30000349-6-1

Publication type

Article

Status

Published

Authors

Mariya Mednikova

Leonid Belyaev

Irina Elkina

Volume/ Edition

Volume / Issue 4

Pages

90-105

Abstract

In December 2014 a team of researchers of the Institute of Archaeology RAS opened a stone Sarcophagus 3 of the Moscow Novospasskiy Monastery. The inds including the remains of a silk shirt embroidered with metal threads, an unusual ornament vessel and a seal imply a high status of the deceased, which is moreover evident from his interment in a princely cemetery. The burial can be preliminarily dated to AD 1610-1650. A subsequent analysis involved the reconstruction of the outward appearance of the deceased, the characteristic of his physical development, the determination of his biological age and the state of health in the period prior to the death as well as a detailed investigation of his dress and the seal of the chart with an absolving prayer. The materials' examination implemented modern microscopy techniques and the X-ray fluorescent analysis. The deceased was a teenager 13-15 year old regarded, however, as a high-status adult. It is worth noting that the length of the sarcophagus (210 cm) corresponds to that of an adult's body far exceeding that of the boy. At the same time, judging from isotopic analysis, the diet of the child was not that of social prestige, which can be accounted for by an unfavorable historical period having coincided with that of his growth. This assumption is also substantiated by numerous traces of physiological stresses undergone in childhood and adolescence revealed by the examination of the remains.

Keywords

Novospasskiy Monastery, Sarcophagus 3, ‘Nikitichs’ Romanovs, silk shirt, ornament vessel, seal of the chart with an absolving prayer, X-ray fluorescent analysis, physical anthropological analysis, microfocus digital rentgenography, three-dimensional digital model, graphic skull reconstruction, examination of the adress

Date of publication

01.10.2017

Year of publication

2017

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831

References

GOST	, Belyaev L., Elkina I., Mednikova M. A COMPLEX STUDY OF SARCOPHAGUS 3 OF THE ZNAMENSKAYA CHURCH OF THE MOSCOW NOVOSPASSKIY MONASTERY // Russian archeology. – 2017. – Issue 4 C. 90-105 .
MLA	, , Belyaev, Leonid, Elkina, Irina, Mednikova, Mariya "A COMPLEX STUDY OF SARCOPHAGUS 3 OF THE ZNAMENSKAYA CHURCH OF THE MOSCOW NOVOSPASSKIY MONASTERY." Russian archeology. 4 (2017).:90-105.
APA	, Belyaev L., Elkina I., Mednikova M. (2017). A COMPLEX STUDY OF SARCOPHAGUS 3 OF THE ZNAMENSKAYA CHURCH OF THE MOSCOW NOVOSPASSKIY MONASTERY. Russian archeology. no. 4, pp.90-105

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