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| Name of structure: | Unknown |
| Extended name of structure: | Episcopal basilica of Kourion |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Cyprus |
| Region within country or main area: | |
| City or area within region: | Kourion |
| Date of structure: | 6C |
| Century of structure 1: | 6 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 6 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Eastern wall; central niche of side chapel; baptistry; scattered tesserae in rubble. Now in Kourion Museum in Episkopi. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Two church fathers and an archangel. |
| Date of mosaic: | 6C |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 6 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | 6 AD |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: | No |
| 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: | 1934-53: team led by George F. McFadden with sponsorship of the Pennsylvania University Museum |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Michaelides, D., 'A catalogue of Hellenistic, Roman and early Christian mosaics of Cyprus with representations of human figures', Report of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, 1987, 239-52. Megaw, A. H. S., 'Mosaici parietali Paleobizantini di Cipro', in XXXIII Corso di Cultural sull'Arte Ravennate e Bizantina: Cipro e il Mediterraneo Orientali Ravenna, 23-30 Marzo 1985) (Ravenna: Edizioni del Girasoli, 1985), 173-98. Megaw, A. H. S., 'Excavations at the episcopal basilica at Kourion 1974-1975. A preliminary report', DOP 30 (1976), 345-74. Mitford, T. B., The Inscriptions of Kourion (Philadelphia, 1971). Daniel, J. F.: Preliminary reports of excavations in Bulletin of the University Museum, Philadelphia 7/2 (1938), 4-10. |
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