Samuel, Simeon, Gabriel
| Name of structure: | Samuel, Simeon, Gabriel |
| Extended name of structure: | Monastery of Mar Samuel, Mar Simeon and Mar Gabriel |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Turkey |
| Region within country or main area: | Tur 'Abdin |
| City or area within region: | Kartmin |
| Date of structure: | 397 |
| Century of structure 1: | 4 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 4 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Vaults and lunettes |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Vines, amphorae, crosses, geometrical pattern, ciboria x 2, flora, inscription. |
| Date of mosaic: | 512 |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 6 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 6 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Yes |
| 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? | No |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1909, 1911: G. Bell
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| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Blanc, P., Desreumaux, A. & De Courtois, S., 'Report on the state of preservation of the Byzantine mosaics of the Saint Gabriel monastery of Qartamin tur Arbin (south west Turkey), Oct 10-14 2006', Journal of Syriac Studies, 12/1, 5-19. Hawkins, E.J.W. & Mundell, M.,‘The mosaics of the monastery of Mar Samuel, Mar Simeon and Mar Gabriel near Kartmin; with a note on the Greek inscriptions by Cyril Mango’, DOP 27 (1973), 280–96. Leroy, J., 'Le décor de l'église du monastère de QartamÎn d'apres un texte syriaque', Cahiers Archéologiques 8 (1956), 75-81.
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