West Church

Name of structure: West Church
Extended name of structure: West Church Zone 1
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Jordan
Region within country or main area: opposite Scythopolis, s of lake Tiberias
City or area within region: Pella (Tabaqat Fahl)
Date of structure: 5th/6th for building
destruction and rebuilding after Persians c614
destroyed by earthquake 748
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: walls
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Coloured tesserae in enough quantity to be thought to be from walls
Date of mosaic: Probably contemporary with church building
Century of mosaic 1: 5 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? Unknown
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns: see RH Smith, Pella of the Decapolis and refs in A. Michel, Les eglises d'epoque byzantine et umayyade de la Jordanie 5th-8th siecel, Turnhout 2001
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