Skoutela

Name of structure: Skoutela
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Greece
Region within country or main area: Corinthia
City or area within region: Corinth
Date of structure: 480-520
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
Century of structure 2: 6 AD
Specific place of mosaic:

Small parts of wall mosaics were found although it is not know if in situ or on the ground.

Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

n/a

Date of mosaic: 480-520?
Century of mosaic 1: 5 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 6 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: 1950s
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Pallas, D. I.: PAE: 1953, p. 175-83; 1954, p. 210-8; 1955, p. 193-200.


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


Weaverdyck, E. J., From Pagan to Christian: an Archaeological Study of the Transformation of Corinth in Late Antiquity (unpublished phd thesis from Macalester College, US, 2007), passim: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/cgi/view content.cgi?article=1007&context=classics_hono rs


 

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