Basilica of "Christ casting out demons from men into pigs"
| Name of structure: | Basilica of "Christ casting out demons from men into pigs" |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Jordan |
| Region within country or main area: | Gadara/Umm Qais |
| City or area within region: | Gadara/Umm Qais |
| Date of structure: | 5C-6C |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 6 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Scattered tesserae on the ground? |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | |
| Date of mosaic: | 5C-6C |
| 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: | |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Weber, T. M., Gadara - Umm Qes I. Gadara Decapolitana. Untersuchungen zur Topographie, Geschichte, Architektur und der Bildenden Kunst einer „Polis Hellenis" im Ostjordanland (Abhandlungen des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 30,1) (2002). Al Daire, M., Die fünfschiffige Basilika in Gadara-Umm Qais, Jordanien: Studien zu frühchristlichen Sakralbauten des fünfschiffigen Typus im Orient (Marburg: Tectum, 2001). |
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