Moses

Name of structure: Moses
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Jordan
Region within country or main area: Madaba
City or area within region: Mount Nebo
Date of structure: 6C
Century of structure 1: 6 AD
Century of structure 2: 6 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Fragment of wall plaster with 16 tesserae (c. 4.5x4.5x2.5cm).
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Gold foil glass.
Date of mosaic: 6C
Century of mosaic 1: 6 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 6 AD
Silver tessera at site: No
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: No
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? Unknown
Has analysis been done? Yes
Samples taken from where? The complete fragment, including the sinopia on the plaster (see Fiorentini-Roncuzzi & Fiori, 1997)
Excavation and restoration campaigns:

1933-37: team from Studium Biblicum Franciscanum led by S. Saller
1962: team from University of Caracas led by J. Ripamonti
1963: V.Corbo
1976-: M. Piccorillo & E. Alliata


 
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Piccirillo, M. & Alliata, E., Mount Nebo. New Archaeological Excavations (Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1998).


Fiorentini-Roncuzzi, I. & Fiori, C., 'Frammento di mosaico parietale con tessere di vetro e oro proveniente da Monte Nebo – Giordania. Studio e analisi con microscopio elettronico e sonda elettronica', in Ricerca storico-archeologica in Giordania 17 (1997), ed by M. Piccirillo, 468-72.


Roncuzzi Fiorentini, I., & Fiori, C., 'Applicazione dell'analisi chimica allo studio del vetro musivo bizantino del 5.-6. secolo', Mosaico e restauro musivo - [Faenza]: C.N.R., Istituto di ricerche tecnologiche per la ceramica 5/2 (1996), 9-55.


Stern, E., Lewinson-Gilboa, A. &  Aviram, J. (eds.), New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, 4 vols. (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society & Carta; London: Simon & Schuster, 1993), 1108.


Piccirillo, M., Chiese e mosaici di Madaba (Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1989), 147-75.


Saller, S. J., The Memorial of Moses on Mount Nebo 1 (Publications of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum 1) (Jerusalem, 1941).
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