Transept Church

Name of structure: Transept Church
Extended name of structure: Church G
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Turkey
Region within country or main area: Cilicia, Anatolia
City or area within region: Corycus
Date of structure: Late 5C
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
Century of structure 2: 5 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Scattered tesserae on ground porch leading into the north side-chamber.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

n/a

Date of mosaic: 5C
Century of mosaic 1: 5 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 5 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? No
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns: before 1930: team led by Guyer and Herzfeld.
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Hill, S., The Early Byzantine Churches of Cilicia and Isauria (Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Monographs vol. 1) (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1996).


Herzfeld, E. & Guyer, S., Meriamlik und Korykos. Zwei christliche Ruinenstätten des Rauhen Kilikiens (Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua, 2) (Manchester, 1930), esp. 122.

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