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Name of structure: Unknown
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Hall
Country or main area: Israel
Region within country or main area: nr Caesarea
City or area within region: Caesarea, south of crusader fosse
Date of structure: Late Antique; destroyed at the beginning of the Arabic period.
Century of structure 1: 4 AD
Century of structure 2: 7 AD
Specific place of mosaic:

Scattered tesserae in rubble in western apse.

Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

Incl. gold foil.

Date of mosaic: Late Antique
Century of mosaic 1: 4 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 7 AD
Silver tessera at site: Unknown
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: Unknown
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? Unknown
Has analysis been done? No
Samples taken from where?

n/a

Excavation and restoration campaigns: 1960s & 70s: led by Michael Avi-Yonah.
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Ephraim, S., New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land (Jerusalem, 1993), 275.

Negev, A., 'Caesarea', in 'Notes and News', IEJ 11 (1961), 81-3.

Brill, R., Chemical Analysis of Early Glasses, 2 vols (New York: Corning Museum of Glass, 1999), vol. 1&2: 473 & 474: tesserae. Date uncertain.


 

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