Kourion
Subtitle: excavations in the episcopal precinct
By: A.H.S. Megaw ; with contributions by Richard Anderson ... [et al.].
Series: Dumbarton Oaks studies -- 38
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection; Distributed by Harvard University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; [Cambridge, Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 571
ISBN-13: 9780884022763
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology) -- Cyprus -- Kourion (Extinct city); Kourion (Extinct city); Cyprus -- Antiquities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: The excavated remains of the precinct; value: The basilica / A.H.S. Megaw; value: The baptistery / A.H.S. Megaw; value: The west end / A.H.S. Megaw; value: Discussion: architecture, liturgy, and chronology / A.H.S. Megaw; value: Remains of interior decoration; value: Architectural sculpture and revetment / Geoffrey House and A.H.S. Megaw; value: The Champlev revetments / Susan Boyd; value: Appendix. Champlev finds by country and site, second to late seventh century; value: Ecclesiastical furniture and equipment / Rowena Loverance; value: Appendix. Altar table and supports from the Sarayia site; value: The earlier remains; value: The structural remains / A.H.S. Megaw; value: A mosaic floor under the diakonikon / Christine Kondoleon; value: Remains of three marble entablatures / Geoffrey House; value: Miscellaneous finds; value: The inscriptions / Ino Michaelidou-Nicolaou; value: The coins; value: Hellenistic and early Roman / Ino Michaelidou-Nicolaou; value: Late Roman and Byzantine / Michael F. Hendy; value: Islamic / Helen W. Brown; value: A small hoard from ca. 1374 / D.M. Metcalf; value: A gold ingot / Kenneth S. Painter; value: Pottery / John Hayes; value: Clay lamps / John Hayes; value: Glass / Susan H. Young; value: Small finds / Archibald Dunn; value: Appendix. Lead seal of Damianos, Archbishop of Cyprus; value: Utensils / Rowena Loverance; value: Roof tiles / A. H. S. Megaw; value: Conclusions / A.H.S. Megaw.