Kourion - Excavations in the Episcopal Precinct

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-88402-276-3
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 38, 598 Seiten, Format (B × H): 221 mm x 284 mm, Gewicht: 1818 g

Reihe: Dumbarton Oaks Studies

More than fifty years after the earthquake of 365 destroyed Kourion, the seat of the Roman administration of Cyprus, a Christian basilica was built upon the remains of its pagan predecessor. This basilica became the center of a large complex that included a baptistery, atrium, and numerous other structures and buildings. Replete with mosaics and revetment, the Christian basilica was the center of the ecclesiastical administration of Cyprus until its destruction in the late seventh century. In this long-awaited report, A. H. S. Megaw and colleagues present in full the results of excavations from the 1930s, 1950s, and 1970s. In addition to the stratigraphic history of the complex, there are reports on the mosaics, revetment, sculpture, coins, inscriptions, glass, pottery, lamps, and small finds.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Megaw, A. H. S.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Anderson, Richard C.

Hayes, John

Boyd, Susan A.

Brown, Helen

Kondoleon, Christine

Dunn, Archibald

Hendy, Michael F.

Michaelidou-Nicolaou, Ino

Painter, Kenneth S.

Rosser, John

House, Geoffrey

Young, Susan H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen Sakralbauten

Über Autor(innen)

Hendy, Michael F.
Michael F. Hendy (1942–2008) was Lecturer in Numismatics and curated the Byzantine Coins collection of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham. He was also appointed to the Department of Classics at Harvard University.

Megaw, A. H. S.
A.H.S. Megaw was Director of the Cypriot Department of Antiquities and Director of the British School at Athens.

Boyd, Susan A.
Susan A. Boyd (1933–2022) received her MA from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She worked in the Byzantine Collection at Dumbarton Oaks, where she also served as a curator.