Holy Trinity

Name of structure: Holy Trinity
Extended name of structure:

Central church
Holy Trinity church in the Monastery of St Symeon the Younger Stylite on the Wondrous Mountain
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Turkey
Region within country or main area: Antioch
City or area within region: Wondrous Mountain
Date of structure: 6C, after Symeon's arrival in 541 (according to Vitae dedication 551).
Century of structure 1: 6 AD
Century of structure 2: 6 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Scattered tesserae on ground in apse and south of martyrium of St. Martha (dumping ground during 1930s excavations).
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Greens, blues, black, red, gold foil.
Date of mosaic: 6C
Century of mosaic 1: 6 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 6 AD
Silver tessera at site: Unknown
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:

1932-: team from the French Academy of Sciences led by J. Mécérian
1962-1965: team led by W. Djobadze
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).


Stillwell, R., (ed.), Antioch-on-the-Orontes III: The Excavations of 1937-1939 (Princeton, 1941).


Stillwell, R., (ed.), Antioch-on-the-Orontes II: The Excavations of 1933-1936 (Princeton, 1938).


Elderkin, G. W. (ed.), Antioch-on-the-Orontes I: The Excavations of 1932 (Princeton, 1934).
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