Found prosphora from the 14th century will be donated to the Novgorod Museum-Reservetranslated

The 14th-century prosphoras discovered during excavations of the Church of the Assumption at Torg in Veliky Novgorod will soon be transferred to the funds of the Novgorod Museum-Reserve, said the head of the Architectural and Archaeological Expedition of St. Petersburg State University Ilya Antipov.

“The prosphoras have not yet been transferred to the funds of the Novgorod Museum-Reserve, but they will be transferred in the near future,” Ilya Antipov told RIA Novosti.

The scientist explained that medieval prosphora differs from modern ones in that they were baked from one piece of dough, and not from two.

It is clarified that earlier in the magazine “Ancient Rus'. Questions of Medieval Studies" it was reported that in the Church of the Assumption on Torg, built in 1135-1144, archaeologists found three prosphora that burned in a fire at the end of the 14th century.

The prosphora was found in a layer of fire on the spiral staircase of the church tower, where about 230 fragments of artifacts were also found: parts of bronze lamps, a clasp from a book binding, a Livonian coin, a padlock.

A chemical analysis carried out in the laboratory of the State Hermitage confirmed that the prosphora found was bread. The weight of the prosphora ranges from 3.6 to 6.8 g, the diameter is about 4.5 cm.

According to the expedition members,…