Area A Basilica
| Name of structure: | Area A Basilica |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Jordan |
| Region within country or main area: | North |
| City or area within region: | Abila |
| Date of structure: | 5C |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 5 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Scattered tesserae on the floor of the church |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Yellow, blue, black, gold foil |
| Date of mosaic: | Contemporary with date of structure? |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 5 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | No |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | No |
| Has analysis been done? | No |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986: team from US led by W. H. Mare (Convent Theological Seminary) |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Fuller, M., Abila of the Decapolis: A Roman-Byzantine City in Transjordan (St. Louis, Washington University, 1987). Fuller, N. B., '1984 Excavations at Abila: glass analysis', Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin 26 (1986), 5-24. |
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