Gymnasium Church

Name of structure: Gymnasium Church
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Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Albania
Region within country or main area:
City or area within region: Butrint
Date of structure: Late Antiquity
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Specific place of mosaic: In three niches at eastern apsidal end
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: One has a kantharos flanked by birds
Date of mosaic: Late Antiquity
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Silver tessera at site:
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Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
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Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: Richard Hodges, William Bowden and Kosta Lako, Byzantine Butrint: Excavations and Surveys 1994-99 (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2004), p. 114
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Comments: Extant
Record Incomplete

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