Photios
| Name of structure: | Photios |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Syria |
| Region within country or main area: | Apamea |
| City or area within region: | nr Hama/Huarte |
| Date of structure: | 5C |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 5 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Scattered tesserae on the ground, some in chunks with plaster from apse. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | 65 tesserae (bluee, turquoise, greens, reds, 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: | 198s |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Lahanier, C., 'Études de tesselles de mosaïques e de verre à vitres syriens', in eds. M. & P. Canivet, Hûarte. Sanctuaire chrétien d'Apamène (IVe-VIe siècle). 2 Vols, vol. 1, (Paris, 1987), 332-46. Canivet, P., 'Pientures murales et mosaïques d'abside en verre à Huarte (IVe-Ve s.)' in Rayonnement grec. Hommages à Charles Delvoye, ed by L. Hadermann-Misguich & G. Raepsaet (Brussels: Editions de L'université de Bruxelles, 1982), 313-24. |
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| Comments: | According to Canivet (note 1 and p. 316), the gold foil mosaics were taken to the Louvre, where they were analysed by Mrs. Prang and M. Léhanier. Their report should appear in the complete publication on the excavations, possibly published by AEIMA. |