Alacami

Name of structure: Alacami
Extended name of structure: The Alacami
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Turkey
Region within country or main area: Eastern Cilicia
City or area within region: Kadirli
Date of structure: fifth-sixth century
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
Century of structure 2: 6 AD
Specific place of mosaic:

Mosaic not present, but inner faces of basilica walls are rough and patched with mortar in places suggesting they might have been originally inlaid with mosaic.

Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:
Date of mosaic: 5th - 6th C?
Century of mosaic 1:
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: No
Colour tessera at site: No
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: Richard Bayliss, 'The Alacami in Kadirli: Transformations of a Sacred Monument', Anatolian Studies, 47 (1997), 57-87, see p. 68.
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Comments: This entry is speculative.
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