Ridge church

Name of structure: Ridge church
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: church
Country or main area: Jordan
Region within country or main area:
City or area within region: Petra
Date of structure: probably 6th century
Century of structure 1: 6 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: walls
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: loose tesserae of glass in sufficient quantity
Date of mosaic: prob. contemporary with church
Century of mosaic 1: 6 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 6 AD
Silver tessera at site: Unknown
Gold tessera at site: Unknown
Colour tessera at site: Unknown
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 A Michel, Les eglises d'epoque byzantine et umayyade de la Jordanie 5th-8th siecle, Turnhout, 2001, 163

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