Barlaam
Name of structure: | Barlaam |
Extended name of structure: | Monastery of St. Barlaam |
Type of structure: | Church |
Country or main area: | Syria |
Region within country or main area: | Turkey |
City or area within region: | Mount Kasios (Kaukasos) |
Date of structure: | c. 500, 10C |
Century of structure 1: | 6 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 10 AD |
Specific place of mosaic: | Scattered tesserae on ground in the apse and south of the south west pier. |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | n/a |
Date of mosaic: | 10C (Djobadze, 1986). |
Century of mosaic 1: | 10 AD |
Century of mosaic 2: | 10 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? | Unknown |
Samples taken from where? | n/a |
Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1935: team led by C. Schaeffer |
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Djobadze, W., with Hendy, M., Archeological Investigations in the Region West of Antioch On-The-Orontes (Stuttgart: F. Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden, 1986). |
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