Lazarus

Name of structure: Lazarus
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Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Israel
Region within country or main area: Western Galilee-Acre Coastal Plain
City or area within region: Nahariya
Date of structure: Probably 555
Century of structure 1: 6 AD
Century of structure 2:
Specific place of mosaic: Unknown
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Many fragments of glass tesserae
Date of mosaic: Sixth century?
Century of mosaic 1: 6 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
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Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)?
Has analysis been done?
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Discovered in 1964. Excavated by G. Edelstein and Claudine Dauphin on behalf of the Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums in 1972and 1974

Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Ovadiah, Asher and Carla Gomez de Silva, ‘ Supplementum – Corpus of the Byzantine Churches in the Holy Land, pt. 1, Levant, 14 (1982), 200-261, see pp. 247-8

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