BD 31

Name of structure: BD 31
Extended name of structure: Five-aisled Basilica
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Jordan
Region within country or main area: Gadara/Umm Qais
City or area within region: Gadara/Umm Qais
Date of structure: 4C-6C
Century of structure 1: 4 AD
Century of structure 2: 6 AD
Specific place of mosaic: 342 fragments of walls mosaic with plaster (now in Umm Qais Museum).
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Some fragments have inscriptions and are suggested to come from the triumphal arch (Al-Daire, 2001). Fragments found are both curved and straight.
Date of mosaic: 4C-6C
Century of mosaic 1: 4 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 6 AD
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: No
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? Unknown
Has analysis been done? No
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns: 1985-1990: teams from Deutschen Evangelischen Instituts für Alterturmswissenschaft des Heiligen Landes DHEIAHL) led by Gunther Schauerte; the Jordan Department of Antiquities and Deutsches Archäeologischen Institut (DAI).
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Al-Daire, M, Die fünfschiffige Basilika in Gadara-Umm Qais Jordanien (Marburg: Tectum, 2001)


Bol, P. C., Hofmann, A. & Weber, T., 'Gadara in der Dekapolis. Deutsche Ausgrabungen bei Umm Qais in Nordjordanien 1986 bis 1988',  Archäologischer Anzeiger (1990).

URLs:

Deutsches Archäeologischen Umm Qais work: http://www.dainst.org/index_5825ea59bb1f14a156320017f0000011_de.html


Deutschen Evangelischen Instituts für Alterturmswissenschaft des Heiligen Landes Umm Qais work: http://www.tallziraa.de//0_101.html

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