Basilica B

Name of structure: Basilica B
Extended name of structure: Basilica of bishop Elpidios
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Greece
Region within country or main area: Macedonia
City or area within region: Nea Anchialos
Date of structure: 450-99
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
Century of structure 2: 5 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Scattered tesserae on ground, including chunks with plaster.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: n/a
Date of mosaic: 5C
Century of mosaic 1: 5 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 5 AD
Silver tessera at site: Unknown
Gold tessera at site: Unknown
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: 1920s, 1960s, 1970s
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Caraher, W. R., Church, Society and the Sacred in Early Christian Greece (Ohio State Univ Thesis, 2003): catalogue and passim. Available online.


PAE: (1929), 67;  (1960), 60-3; (1972), 39.

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Comments: PAE (1929): 'on the left of a furnace a large number of coloured and fragile glass and a number of tesserae coming from mossaic floor were found.'

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