Photios
| Name of structure: | Photios |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Syria |
| Region within country or main area: | Apamea |
| City or area within region: | nr Hama/Huarte |
| Date of structure: | 5C |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 5 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Scattered tesserae on the ground, some in chunks with plaster from apse. |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | 65 tesserae (bluee, turquoise, greens, reds, gold foil). |
| 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: | 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: | 198s |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Lahanier, C., '脡tudes de tesselles de mosa茂ques e de verre 脿 vitres syriens', in eds. M. & P. Canivet, H没arte. Sanctuaire chr茅tien d'Apam猫ne (IVe-VIe si猫cle). 2 Vols,聽vol. 1,聽 (Paris, 1987),聽332-46. Canivet, P., 'Pientures聽murales et mosa茂ques d'abside en verre 脿 Huarte (IVe-Ve s.)' in Rayonnement grec. Hommages 脿 Charles Delvoye, ed by L. Hadermann-Misguich & G. Raepsaet (Brussels: Editions de L'universit茅 de Bruxelles, 1982), 313-24. |
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| Comments: | According to Canivet (note 1 and p. 316), the gold foil mosaics were taken to the Louvre, where they were analysed by Mrs. Prang and M. L茅hanier. Their聽report should appear in the complete publication on the excavations, possibly published by AEIMA. |