Khirbet al-Miniya
| Name of structure: | Khirbet al-Miniya |
| Extended name of structure: | Ayn Minyat Hisham |
| Type of structure: | palace |
| Country or main area: | Israel |
| Region within country or main area: | Galilee |
| City or area within region: | Galilee |
| Date of structure: | 7C-8C |
| Century of structure 1: | 7 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 8 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Loose tesserae now in Berlin. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Colours includes gold foil. |
| Date of mosaic: | 7C-8C |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 7 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 8 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? | Unknown |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1932: team led by A. E. Mader |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Grabar, O., Perrot, J., Ravani, B. & Rosen, M., 'Sondages à Khirbet el-Minyeh' in Early Islamic Art, 650-1100, vol. I: 'Constructing the Study of Islamic Art. (Hampshire: Ashgate, 2005). Originally published by Israel Exploration Journal, 10 (1960), 226–43. Online at http://archnet.org/li brary/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=10131 Puttrich-Reignard, O., Die Palastanlage von Chirbet al-Minje. Palestinahefte des Deutschens Vereins vom Heilige Lande, 17-29 (1939), 9–29. Puttrich-Reignard, O., 'Die Ergebnisse der dritten und vierten Ausgrabungskampagne auf Chirbet el Mije bei Tabgha', Berlin Museen: Amtlishe Berichte aus den Preussishen Kunstammlungen 59 (1938), 80–4.
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