Kalavassos
Name of structure: | Kalavassos |
Extended name of structure: | |
Type of structure: | Church |
Country or main area: | Cyprus |
Region within country or main area: | Sirmata |
City or area within region: | Kopetra |
Date of structure: | Late 6th-early 7th C |
Century of structure 1: | 6 AD |
Century of structure 2: | 7 AD |
Specific place of mosaic: | |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Tesserae found in the eastern part of the church, blue, green, yellow, red, white, grey, black, of stone and glass and some with gold foil suggest that the walls and/or the semi done of the apse were decorated with mosaic. |
Date of mosaic: | |
Century of mosaic 1: | 6 AD |
Century of mosaic 2: | 7 AD |
Silver tessera at site: | |
Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
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: | Maguire, Richard (2012) Late Antique Basilicas on Cyprus sources, contexts, histories. Doctoral thesis, University of East Anglia |
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Comments: | |
Record Incomplete |