Kraneion Basilica

Name of structure: Kraneion Basilica
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Greece
Region within country or main area: Corinthia
City or area within region: Corinth
Date of structure: 500
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
Century of structure 2: 6 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Scattered tesserae on the ground north of the apse of the baptistery.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: One tesserae described as light blue (1976A).
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: Unknown
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: 1970s
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Caraher, W. R., Church, Society and the Sacred in Early Christian Greece (Ohio State Univ Thesis, 2003): catalogue and passim. Available online.

PAE (1970), 98-117; (1972), 205-50; (1976A), 163-95; (1977), 162-83.

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