Central Church
| Name of structure: | Central Church |
| Extended name of structure: | Building III 13 C |
| Type of structure: | Baptistery |
| Country or main area: | Turkey |
| Region within country or main area: | Cilicia, Anatolia |
| City or area within region: | Anemurium |
| Date of structure: | 5C |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 5 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Scattered tesserae on the ground, some with plaster. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Remains show human figures, possibly saints (Hill, 94) |
| 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: | 1982-: teams led by J. Russell |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Hill, S., The Early Byzantine Churches of Cilicia and Isauria (Birmingham Russell, J., 'Christianity at Anemurium (Cilicia), recent discoveries', Actes du XIe congrés internationale d'archéologie chrétienne (Lyon Genoble, Genève et Aoste (21-28 Septembre 1986) (Collection de l'école française de Rome, 123: Studi di antichità cristiana 41) (1989), 1621-37. Russell, J., 'Conservation and excavations at Anemurium (Eski Anamur) 1985', Échos du Monde Classique - classical news and views, new series 7(1988), 173-83. Russell, J., 'Excavations and restoration at Roman Anemurium (Turkey)', Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 2/5 (1987), 145-62. Russell, J., 'Excavations at Anemurium (Eski Anamur) 1987', Échos du Monde Classique - classical news and views 27, new series 2, (1986), 171-82. R. Naumann, R. et al, 'Recent archaeological research in Turkey', Anatolian Studies 33 (Special Number in Honour of the Seventy-Fifth Birthday of Dr. Richard Barnett) (1983), 231-64. Russell, J., 'Excavations at Anemurium (1976)', Échos du Monde Classique -classical news and views 21 (1977), 5-10.
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