Gymnasium complex and Synagogue area
| Name of structure: | Gymnasium complex and Synagogue area |
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| Type of structure: | gymnasium and synagogue |
| Country or main area: | Turkey |
| Region within country or main area: | Manisa province |
| City or area within region: | Sardis |
| Date of structure: | floors of synagogue were laid c. 355-383, no date given for walls |
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| Century of structure 2: | |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Walls, niches of east face of east wall of building 'B' |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Fragments indicate there were large areas of wall mosaics in brilliant colours, fine workmanship |
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| Silver tessera at site: | Yes |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
| Has analysis been done? | |
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| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | George M A Hanfmann, Jane C Waldbaum, A Ramage, S M Goldstein, L J Majewski and G E Bates, 'The Eleventh and Twelfth Campaigns at Sardis (1968, 1969), Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 199 (Oct 1970), 7-58, see p. 53 Recent Archaeological Research in Turkey, Journal of Anatolian Studies 26 (1976), p. 60, Dirs. C. R. Greenewalt Jr and G. M. A. Hanfmann F. Sear, Roman Wall and Vault Mosaics (Heidelberg: 1977), p. 144 |
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| Comments: | Wall mosaics now in Manisa Museum. |
| Record Incomplete | |