Lavreotic Olympus
| Name of structure: | Lavreotic Olympus |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Greece |
| Region within country or main area: | Attica |
| City or area within region: | North of the acropolis of Aigileias |
| Date of structure: | 450-530 |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 6 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | There are glass mosaics in the floor, but glass tesserae were also found in a grave inside the church (PAE, 1952). |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Loose tesserae |
| Date of mosaic: | Contemporary with date of structure? |
| 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)? | Glass beads |
| Has analysis been done? | No |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1929, 1952 |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Caraher, W. R., Church, Society and the Sacred in Early Christian Greece (Ohio State Univ Thesis, 2003): catalogue and passim. Available online. Sodini, J.-P., Rev. of P. Assimakopoulou-Atzaka, BullAIEMA 13 (1990-1991), 426-8. Spiro, M., Critical Corpus of the Mosaic Pavement on the Greek Mainland, 4C-6C with Architectural Surveys, 2 vols. (Garland, NY and London, 1978), 81-5. Kotzia, N. Ch. in PAE 1952, 92-128. |
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