Basilica

Name of structure: Basilica
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Greece
Region within country or main area: Pieria
City or area within region: Louloudies, nr. Pydna
Date of structure: 5th-6th century?
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
Century of structure 2: 6 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Possibly on the walls
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Loose tesserae found on site.  Green and clear glass, plus red stone tesserae.
Date of mosaic: 5th-6th century ?
Century of mosaic 1: 5 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 6 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:

Poulter, A.G., M. Beckmann and P. Strange, ‘Field Survey at Louloudies: A New Late Roman Fortification in Pieria’, The Annual of the British School at Athens, 93(1998), 463-511

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Comments: This is extremely speculative.  Archaeologists suggest that the occasional glass and ceramic tesserae probably came from the large basilica or mosaics in the megaron.
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