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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