North Avenue

Name of structure: North Avenue
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: This is a well-known find spot
Country or main area: Turkey
Region within country or main area: Caria
City or area within region: Aphrodisias
Date of structure:
Century of structure 1:
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Wall
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

Sandwich glass mosaic tessarae, some with gold leaf.

Date of mosaic:
Century of mosaic 1:
Century of mosaic 2:
Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site:
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:

1961-1990: large-scale excavations directed by Kenan Erim from 1961 to 1990.


1991 - Archaeological research programme sponsored by the Institute of Fine Arts in cooperation with the Faculty of Arts and Science of New York University, jointly directed by Christopher Ratté, Associate Professor of Classics and Fine Arts at New York University and R.R.R. Smith, Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Oxford.


Aphrodisias Field Director: Alexander Sokolicek

Bibliography of mainly technical resources:
URLs:

http://www.nyu.edu/projects/aphrodisias/home.ti.htm

Comments: Research is ongoing,
Record Incomplete

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