Ashkelon Byzantine church
| Name of structure: | Ashkelon Byzantine church |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Israel |
| Region within country or main area: | south |
| City or area within region: | Barnea district in Ashkelon |
| Date of structure: | Late Antiquity |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 7 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Scattered tesserae on the ground and embedded in the narthex floor. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Tesserae found during 1954 excavations by J. Ory for Israel Department of Antiquities (see Stern, 309). |
| Date of mosaic: | Late Antique |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 7 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: | Unknown |
| 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: | 1954: team from Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums led by Y. Ori |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Stern, E., Lewinson-Gilboa, A. & Aviram, J. (eds.), The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land 4 vols. (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society & Carta; London: Simon & Schuster, 1993), vol. 1, 309. Bagatti, B., 'Ascalon e Maiuma di Ascalon nel VI secolo', Liber Annuus 24 (1974), 249-54 Ovadiah, Asher and Carla Gomez de Silva, ‘ Supplementum – Corpus of the Byzantine Churches in the Holy Land, pt. 2, Levant, 14 (1982), 122-70, see p. 123
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