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Item Open Access A new mosaic unearthed by an illicit excavation in Alasehir (Philadelphia)(Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2011) Tok, EmineMosaic floor in Alaşehir (Manisa) was unearthed in an illicit excavation. In the ruins which seem to be of a monumental building, two rooms with floor mosaic and a cellar can partly be followed. The building continues underneath the modern constructions around. Therefore the general limits of the building and its function can be clarified after possible future excavations. Geometric, floral and figurative scenes are seen on the floors of the both rooms which are numbered as 1 and 2. The floor mosaic of the room Nr.1 consists of three panels. In the panels besides geometric and floral designs, there are representations of “Seasons”, “Okeanos and Tethys”. In the room Nr. 2 which is a bit smaller, the traces of repair on the mosaic panel calls our attention. The color, design and style difference points out two different periods. In this study our aim is to present the building with mosaic of which only a small part could be recovered today and also compare it with its contemporary examples.Item Open Access Paphlagonia Hadrianoupolis’i Hamam A ve A Kilisesi mozaikleri(Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2011) Patacı, SamiHadrianoupolis is located 3 km west of the modern town of Eskipazar, near Karabük, in Roman southwestern Paphlagonia. Excavation studies of Early Byzantine Church A and Bath Building A were conducted by a team directed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ergün Laflı from The Dokuz Eylül University in 2006. Excavation studies of Bath Building A were continued by the same team in 2007. Bath A is a monumental building which is located at the southern part of the city. The building was built at the end of 5th century A.D. and must have been in use until the beginning of 8th century A.D. A floor mosaic with geometric pattern which is dated 5th-6th century A.D. was discovered in a room called “The Room 11.” Early Byzantine Church A is located at 2,5 km east of the fortification walls of Byzantine Hadrianoupolis. The church is a basilical church with three naves in which there are remarkable floor mosaics dated first half of the 6th century. In the middle nave, several different animals were designed in curvilinear squares and frames.Item Open Access Smyrna Agorası mozaikli yapı mozaikleri(Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2011) Ersoy, Akın; Alatepeli, SarpIt is envisaged that the Mosaic Building, which is adjacent to the west side of the Agora, has been designed and built at the same time with the Bouleuterion. The plan of the building, which is of 15 meters length and 25 meters width as of today, consists of five galleries extending in the north-south direction. It is confirmed that the building was damaged after a fire and therefore a second layer of mosaics must be replaced just onto the first mosaic floor. The first mosaic floor, which is dated as the end of the 2nd or the beginning of the 3th century A.D., is composed of panels made up of circles linked to each other by lines. The second layer of mosaics consists of circular or rectangular panels placed in the north-south direction. Different geometric shapes or floral decorations exist in the center of the panels. It is envisaged that the second layer of mosaics was built in the 4th century A.D. There is limited data about the function of the building with a basilical plan. Nonetheless it is thought that the mosaic building shared some of Bouleuterion political and administrative functions.Item Open Access Une mosaïque de galets romaine à Erétrie (Grèce, Eubée)(Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2011) Dubosson, BenoîtSince 2009 the Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece has started a new campaign of excavations in the centre of the Roman city of Eretria, on the west coast of Euboea (Greece). A monumental public building dated from the 2nd century AD, probably Roman baths, was discovered there in 2010. One of its rooms was decorated with a well-preserved mosaic, made of black and white pebbles set in simple geometric patterns. This pavement is technically close to the other mosaics found in Eretria and lies clearly within the framework of the tradition of the Hellenistic mosaics. It attests the persistence of the pebbles’ art during the Roman period.