West Church
Name of structure: | West Church |
Extended name of structure: | West Church Zone 1 |
Type of structure: | Church |
Country or main area: | Jordan |
Region within country or main area: | opposite Scythopolis, s of lake Tiberias |
City or area within region: | Pella (Tabaqat Fahl) |
Date of structure: | 5th/6th for building destruction and rebuilding after Persians c614 destroyed by earthquake 748 |
Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
Century of structure 2: | |
Specific place of mosaic: | walls |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Coloured tesserae in enough quantity to be thought to be from walls |
Date of mosaic: | Probably contemporary with church building |
Century of mosaic 1: | 5 AD |
Century of mosaic 2: | 6 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? | Unknown |
Samples taken from where? | |
Excavation and restoration campaigns: | see RH Smith, Pella of the Decapolis and refs in A. Michel, Les eglises d'epoque byzantine et umayyade de la Jordanie 5th-8th siecel, Turnhout 2001 |
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Comments: | |
Record Incomplete |