Barlaam

Name of structure: Barlaam
Extended name of structure: Monastery of St. Barlaam
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Syria
Region within country or main area: Turkey
City or area within region: Mount Kasios (Kaukasos)
Date of structure: c. 500, 10C
Century of structure 1: 6 AD
Century of structure 2: 10 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Scattered tesserae on ground in the apse and south of the south west pier.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

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Date of mosaic: 10C (Djobadze, 1986).
Century of mosaic 1: 10 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 10 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? Unknown
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns:

1935: team led by C. Schaeffer
1962-: team led by W. Djobadze
Bibliography of mainly technical resources: Djobadze, W., with Hendy, M., Archeological Investigations in the Region West of Antioch On-The-Orontes (Stuttgart: F. Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden, 1986).
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