Martha
Name of structure: | Martha |
Extended name of structure: | Martyrium of St Martha at the Monastery of St Symeon the Younger Stylite on the Wondrous Mountain (south church). |
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 |
Century of structure 1: | 6 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 6 AD |
Specific place of mosaic: | Scattered tesserae on the ground close to apse. |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | n/a |
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? | Unknown |
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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