Lazarus
Name of structure: | Lazarus |
Extended name of structure: | Second church of St Lazarus at Bethany |
Type of structure: | Church |
Country or main area: | Israel |
Region within country or main area: | Jerusalem |
City or area within region: | Bethany |
Date of structure: | 4C? 5C? |
Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 5 AD |
Specific place of mosaic: | Scattered tesserae on the ground, some in chunks with plaster. Estimated to cover a panel of c. 30x40 cm (Saller, 1957). |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | White, purple, red, pink, blue, green, black, gold foil. |
Date of mosaic: | 4C-5C |
Century of mosaic 1: | 4 AD |
Century of mosaic 2: | 5 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: | 1949-53: team led by fr. S. J. Saller, O.F.M. |
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Fr. Saller, S.J., Excavations at Bethany (Publications of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, 12) (Jerusalem, 1953). |
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