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Name of structure: Unknown
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Turkey
Region within country or main area: Cilicia, Anatolia
City or area within region: Ciftlik
Date of structure: 4C-5C
Century of structure 1: 4 AD
Century of structure 2: 5 AD
Specific place of mosaic:

'The largest deposits of glass tesserae, perhaps wasters, were found at the west end of the church, but the presence of glass tesserae at both ends of the building suggested that there had been mosaic decoration on vaults throughout the church rather than that such decoration had been restricted to the apse.' (Hill, 1995)

Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

Red, blue, brown, white, greens, gold foil.

Date of mosaic: n/a
Century of mosaic 1: 4 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 5 AD
Silver tessera at site: Unknown
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? Unknown
Has analysis been done? No
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns: 1994-: team from the Sinop Museum, the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, and staff and students from the University of Warwick led by S. Hill.
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: Hill, S., 'The first season of rescue excavations at Çiftlik (Sinop)', Journal of Anatolian Studies 45 (1995), 219-32.
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