Basilica A
| Name of structure: | Basilica A |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Greece |
| Region within country or main area: | Macedonia |
| City or area within region: | Amphipolis |
| Date of structure: | 408-91/518 (according to two coins (PAE, 1967)) |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 6 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | main church? |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Scattered tesserae, some in chuncks with plaster |
| Date of mosaic: | 5C-6C |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 6 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: | 1920-72 |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Spiro, M., Critical Corpus of the Mosaic Pavement on the Greek Mainland, 4C-6C With Architectural Surveys, 2 vols. (Garland, NY and London, 1978), 587-607. PAE (1966), 39 (incl photo); (1967), 82; (1969), 54; (1970), 50; (1971), 43.
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