Octagonal Church
| Name of structure: | Octagonal Church |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | church |
| Country or main area: | Jordan |
| Region within country or main area: | |
| City or area within region: | Gadara (Umm Qais) |
| Date of structure: | 6th century construction destroyed by earthquake c 749 |
| Century of structure 1: | 6 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 8 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | NE apse |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | coloured glass tesserae in sufficient quantity |
| Date of mosaic: | prob. contemporary with church |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 6 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 A. Michel, Les eglises d'epoque byzantine et umayyade de la Jordanie 5th-8th siecle, Turnhout, 2001, 130 |
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| Record Incomplete | |