Shavey Zion
| Name of structure: | Shavey Zion |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Israel |
| Region within country or main area: | Galilee |
| City or area within region: | Kibbutz Shavey Zion nr Nahariya |
| Date of structure: | 4C?, destroyed 7C. |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 7 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Remains of wall mosaics (lose tesserae and chunks with plaster) in rubble. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | n/a |
| Date of mosaic: | 5C |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 5 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | Unknown |
| Has analysis been done? | Yes |
| Samples taken from where? | Unknown if Brill analysis is from the church. |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1955, 1957, 1960 & 1963: team from Department of Antiquities led by M. W. Prausnitz 1999 |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Praunitz, M.W., Excavations at Shavei-Zion (Rome: Centro per le antichità e la storia dell'arte del Vicino Oriente, 1967). IEJ 8 (1958), 134-5. Brill, R., Chemical Analysis of Early Glasses, 2 vols (New York: Corning Museum of Glass, 1999), IX A. Hellenistic and Roman: nos. 479-183: tesserae 4C-5C. |
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