Sergios and Bacchos
| Name of structure: | Sergios and Bacchos |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Jordan |
| Region within country or main area: | Umm Al-Surab |
| City or area within region: | Umm Al-Surab |
| Date of structure: | 384 (King, 1982); 489 (King, 1983) Inscription gives date of 489. Converted to mosque by either Ayyubids or Mameluks |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 5 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Glass tesserae found within on the ground in the church, some in chunks with plaster. Tesserae found in rubble on roof (King, 1982). Imprint of tesserae noted on west wall of church. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Tesserae from roof: 2 pale blue, 1 dark blue, 2 green (ADAJ, 1983). Polychrome tesserae probably from mosaic in apse cul-de-four. |
| Date of mosaic: | Probably contemporary with foundation of church 4C-5C |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 5 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | No |
| Gold tessera at site: | No |
| 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: | 1904-5 and 1909: team from Princeton University led by H. C. Butler |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | King, G., 'Preliminary Report on a Survey of Byzantine and Islamic Sites in Jordan, 1980', ADAJ 26 (1982), 85-96, esp. 90-92. See later reports on htt p://proteus.brown.edu/zimmerman/1807 ADAJ 27 (1983), 428-9 for details of glass tesserae. Butler, H. C, et al, Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904-5 and 1909, Leyden II.A.2 (1909); III.A (1910-21). Michel, A., Les eglises d'epoque byzantine et umayyade de la Jordanie 5th-8th siecle, Turnhout, 2001, 187 |
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