Ilissos Basilica
| Name of structure: | Ilissos Basilica |
| 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: | Island of Ilissos |
| Date of structure: | 6C |
| Century of structure 1: | 6 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 6 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Fragments in Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Green, blues, turquoise, red. |
| 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: | Unknown |
| 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 |
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| 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. Spiro, M., Critical Corpus of the Mosaic Pavement on the Greek mainland, 4C-6C with Architectural Surveys, 2 vols. (Garland, NY and London, 1978), no. 10-13 , p 30. Assimakopoulou-Atzaka, P., Syntagma ton Palaiochristianikon Psiphidoton Dapedon tis Ellados. (Thessaloniki 1987), no 72. PAE (1893), 124-5; (1948), 69-80. AE (1917), 106; (1919), 1-31.
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