Cumanin Camii Church

Name of structure: Cumanin Camii Church
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: church
Country or main area: Turkey
Region within country or main area:
City or area within region: Antalya
Date of structure: First church: sixth-early seventh century
Century of structure 1: 6 AD
Century of structure 2: 7 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Narthex above main door leading into church. Also scattered tesserae on the ground.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Small patch of glass mosaic. Later suppressed by vaulting, but  red, blue and green tesserae can be distinguished.
Date of mosaic: 6th-7th century
Century of mosaic 1: 6 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 7 AD
Silver tessera at site:
Gold tessera at site:
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
Samples taken from where?
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Ballance, M. H., ‘Cumanin Cami’i at Antalya: A Byzantine Church’, Papers of the British School at Rome, 23 (1955), 99-114, see pp. 106, 110

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Comments:

Apse, a few green glass tesserae adhere to the plaster cornice, but these may be of a much later date.

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