Cumanin Camii Church
Name of structure: | Cumanin Camii Church |
Extended name of structure: | |
Type of structure: | church |
Country or main area: | Turkey |
Region within country or main area: | |
City or area within region: | Antalya |
Date of structure: | First church: sixth-early seventh century |
Century of structure 1: | 6 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 7 AD |
Specific place of mosaic: | Narthex above main door leading into church. Also scattered tesserae on the ground. |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Small patch of glass mosaic. Later suppressed by vaulting, but red, blue and green tesserae can be distinguished. |
Date of mosaic: | 6th-7th century |
Century of mosaic 1: | 6 AD |
Century of mosaic 2: | 7 AD |
Silver tessera at site: | |
Gold tessera at site: | |
Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
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: | Ballance, M. H., ‘Cumanin Cami’i at Antalya: A Byzantine Church’, Papers of the British School at Rome, 23 (1955), 99-114, see pp. 106, 110 |
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Comments: | Apse, a few green glass tesserae adhere to the plaster cornice, but these may be of a much later date. |