Church of the Evangelist
| Name of structure: | Church of the Evangelist |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Turkey |
| Region within country or main area: | Anatolia |
| City or area within region: | Alahan |
| Date of structure: | 5C |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 5 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Scattered glass with plaster near apse and scattered tesserae in north aisle. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Red, green, blue, turqiose, white, grey (Gough, 1962); brown, green, red, yellow, blue, gold foil (Gough, 1963). |
| Date of mosaic: | 5C? |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 5 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| 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: led by M. Gough |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Gough, Mary (ed), Alahan: an Early Christian Monastery in Southern Turkey Based on the Work of Michael Gough (Studies & Texts 73, PIMS, 1985). Gough, M., 'Excavations at Alahan. Third preliminary report', Anatolian Studies 14 (1964), 185-90. Gough, M., 'Alahan Manastir. Fourth preliminary report' Anatolian Studies 17 (1967), 37-47. Gough, M., 'Excavations at Alahan Manastir', Anatolian Studies 13 (1963), 105-15. Gough, M., 'The church of the Evangelist at Alahan', Anatolian Studies 12 (1962), 173-84.
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