Basilica G
| Name of structure: | Basilica G |
| Extended name of structure: | Basilica of Archiereas Peter |
| 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: | End 5C-beginning 6C |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 6 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Inscription in floor; aisles; sanctuary; apse; esonarthex; exonarthex; side buildings: rooms VIII, IX, X, XVI. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Floor: letters in inscription; otherwise scattered tesserae, some in chunks with plaster. |
| Date of mosaic: | End 5C-beginning 6C |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 6 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Yes |
| 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: | 1929-1954, 1969-.
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| 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. Spiro, M., Critical Corpus of the Mosaic Pavement on the Greek Mainland, 4C-6C with architectural surveys, 2 vols. (Garland, NY and London, 1978), 314-52. PAE (1930), 11-3, 30-5; (1931), 7-9, 37-43; (1933), 46-57; (1934), 58-61; (1935), 65; (1940), 6-7, 18-22; (1954), 14, 143-4; (1955), 269-72; (1969), 16-25; (1970), 37-49; (1971), 20-42; (1972), 12; (1973), 26; (1974); (1975A), 49; (1977A), 54; (1979), 56 (incl. photo); (1980), 37; (1981A), 82; (1982), 94; (1985), 46.
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| Comments: | PAE names this 'Basilica C' until 1970 after which it it named 'Basilica of the Archiereas Petros' (from floor inscription). It is named 'Basilica G' in Spiro and Caraher. Beneath the present basilica are remains of two earlier ones from the 4C and 6C.
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