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Name of structure: | Unknown |
Extended name of structure: | Tiny chapel inside the galleries of the amphitheatre. |
Type of structure: | Chapel |
Country or main area: | Albania |
Region within country or main area: | Durrës |
City or area within region: | Durrës |
Date of structure: | 6C |
Century of structure 1: | 6 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 6 AD |
Specific place of mosaic: | West wall |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | St Stephen, Virgin, angels, 2 donors. |
Date of mosaic: | Undated |
Century of mosaic 1: | |
Century of mosaic 2: | |
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)? | No |
Has analysis been done? | No |
Samples taken from where? | n/a |
Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1968 |
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Hidri, H. &S., Die frühchristliche Basilika in Arapaj/Durres (Albanien), ed by R. Pillinger (Vienna, Verl. der Österr. Akad. der Wiss, 2011). Andaloro, M., 'I mosaici parietali di Durazzo o dell'origine constantinopolitana del tema iconografico di Maria Regina', in Studien zur Spätantiken und byzantinischen Kunst, ed by O. Feld & V. Peschlow (Rome, 1986), vol. 3, 103-12. Nikolajević, I., 'Images votives de Salone et de Dyrrachium', Zbornik Radova Vizantoloskog Instituta 19 (1980), 59-70. Ducellier, A., La Façade maritime de l’Albanie au Moyen Age. Durazzo et Valona du XIe au XVe siecle (Thessaloniki, 1981), 32–4. Thierry, N., ‘Une mosaique à Dyrrachium’, Cahiers Archéologiques 18 (1968), 227–9.
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Comments: | This is shown as undated as it has been given various datings from 5th-11th century |