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'. |