Town church

Name of structure: Town church
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Turkey
Region within country or main area: Cilicia, Anatolia
City or area within region: Ura
Date of structure: Late Antique
Century of structure 1: 4 AD
Century of structure 2: 6 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Scattered tesserae on ground in apse, possibly from semi dome.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: n/a
Date of mosaic: Contemporary with date of structure?
Century of mosaic 1: 4 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 6 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:

1905: G. Bell
1990s: S. Hill


 

Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Hill, S., The Early Byzantine Churches of Cilicia and Isauria (Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Monographs vol. 1) (Aldershot: Ashgate, 1996).


Hild, F., Hellenkemper, H. & Hellenkemper-Salies, G., 'Kommagene - Kilikien - Isaurien', Reallexikon der Byzantinischen Kunst 4 (1990) 182-356, s.v.


Hild, F. & Hellenkemper, H., Kilikien und Isaurien, Tabula Imperii Byzantini 5. Österreischische Akademie des Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften 138 (Vienna, 1990).


 

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