Monastery of St Symeon the Younger Stylite on the Wondrous Mountain

Name of structure: Monastery of St Symeon the Younger Stylite on the Wondrous Mountain
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Central octagon area
Country or main area: Syria
Region within country or main area: Antioch
City or area within region: Wondrous Mountain
Date of structure: 6C
Century of structure 1: 6 AD
Century of structure 2: 6 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Scattered tesserae on ground in the Tetraconch.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

n/a
Date of mosaic: 6C?
Century of mosaic 1: 6 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 6 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? Unknown
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns: 1932-: team from the French Academy of Sciences led by J. Mécérian
1962-1965: team led by W. Djobadze
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Djobadze, W., with Hendy, M., Archeological Investigations in the Region West of Antioch On-The-Orontes (Stuttgart: F. Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden, 1986).


Stillwell, R., (ed.), Antioch-on-the-Orontes III: The Excavations of 1937-1939 (Princeton, 1941).


Stillwell, R., (ed.), Antioch-on-the-Orontes II: The Excavations of 1933-1936 (Princeton, 1938).


Elderkin, G. W. (ed.), Antioch-on-the-Orontes I: The Excavations of 1932 (Princeton, 1934).


Mécérian, excavation report published in Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (CRAIBL) (1934), 144-9.
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Comments:

Report by Mécérian (1934) states the structure was once decorated with mosaic pavement and wall paintings. Apparently the mosaic should have been brought to the Museum at Antakya, but this never happened (Djobadze, 1986, 71). Djobadze says he found glass tesserae (Djobadze, 1986, 71); he does not speculate on the original placement of these.


 

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