Martyrium

Name of structure: Martyrium
Extended name of structure: In a cemetery
Type of structure: Martyrium
Country or main area: Greece
Region within country or main area: Macedonia
City or area within region: Thessaloniki
Date of structure: c. 375-400
Century of structure 1: 4 AD
Century of structure 2: 4 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Scattered tesserae on ground
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: n/a
Date of mosaic: 4C?
Century of mosaic 1: 4 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 4 AD
Silver tessera at site: No
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: 1980s
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: AE (1981), 53-69.
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Comments: From AE: 'A number of mosaic pieces in light blue, orange, terracotta (with tesserae made by pieces of thin vases terra sigillata), white (made by sea oysters) as well as 2 gold tesserae were found. The pieces of mosaic tesserae that were found during the excavations of the martyrium presuppose the decoration of its walls with multicoloured mosaics'.

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