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? | |
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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. |
Record Incomplete |