Aaron's Monastery

Name of structure: Aaron's Monastery
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Jordan
Region within country or main area:
City or area within region: Petra, Jabal Harun
Date of structure: 5C
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
Century of structure 2: 5 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Scattered tesserae on the ground.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Over 1000 tesserae found in trenches in the area of the church and the chapel: greens, yellows, cream, grey, brown, purple, gold foil.
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? Unknown
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns: 1997-2005, 2007: team from Finnish Jabal Harun Project (FJHP).
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Keller, D. & Lindblom, J., 'Glass finds from the church and the chapel' in Petra - The Mountain of Aaron. The Finnish Archaeological Project in Jordan. Volume I. The Church and the Chapel, ed by Z. T. Fiema & J. Frösén (Helsinki: Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 2008), 331-77. 


 
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