Stephen
Name of structure: | Stephen |
Extended name of structure: | |
Type of structure: | Church |
Country or main area: | Jordan |
Region within country or main area: | Madaba |
City or area within region: | Umm Al-Rasas |
Date of structure: | 8C |
Century of structure 1: | 8 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 8 AD |
Specific place of mosaic: | Floor |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Black, red, greens, gold foil. |
Date of mosaic: | 8C? |
Century of mosaic 1: | 8 AD |
Century of mosaic 2: | 8 AD |
Silver tessera at site: | No |
Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | No |
Has analysis been done? | No |
Samples taken from where? | n/a |
Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1986-93 (at least): team from Studium Biblicum Franciscanum led by M. Piccirillo |
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: |
Piccirillo, M. & Alliata, E., Umm al-Rasas Mayfacah I: Gli scavi del complesso di Santo Stefano (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Collectio Maior 28) (Jerusalem: Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, 1994), esp. 84. Piccirillo, M. & Alliata, E., 'Il complesso di Santo Stefano a Umm al-Rasas - Kastron Mefaa in Giordania (1986-1991), Liber Annuus 41 (1991), 327-422. Piccirillo, M., Chiese e mosaici di Madaba (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, 1989). |
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