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Name of structure: | Unknown |
Extended name of structure: | Khirbet al-Karak |
Type of structure: | Church |
Country or main area: | Israel |
Region within country or main area: | Galilee |
City or area within region: | Khirbat al-Karak |
Date of structure: | 528/9 |
Century of structure 1: | 6 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 6 AD |
Specific place of mosaic: | Loose scattered tesserae, some in chunks with plaster, on the ground in the nave and in room L 11:3. |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Colours: blues, greens, amber, gold foil. Chunks suggest representational mosaic rather than geometrical design. |
Date of mosaic: | 528/9 |
Century of mosaic 1: | 6 AD |
Century of mosaic 2: | 6 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: | 1952-3: team from the Oriental Institute of University of Chicago led by P. Delougaz & R. Haines |
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Delougaz, P. & Haines, R. C., A Byzantine church at Khirbat al-Karak (American Academy in Rome, Istituto Austriaco Roma, 1960). |
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