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20-Jun-2012 Dick Osseman

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Northern Church. Tha basilical plan is on an east-west direction and measures 42 x 23,5 m. including the narthex. The church is divided into three naves, and the side naves are 4,05 m and the central nave is 10,10 m wide. The main apse is triple façade on the exterior and semicircular on the interior. The structure is damaged to the level of stylobat. The most intact part is the main apse. In the construction of the church, collected blocks are used as well as local grey stones. The brick paved ground in the north nave is partly, and a very small part of the mosaic floor in the south nave is conserved. The superstructure of the church cannot be determined. In addition to the door giving access from the north, there is another door obtaining passage from the south nave to the apse. In the west of the church, the narthex that is disassembled to the level of foundation and annexed spaces take place (in many texts “take place” seems to be Turglish for “are situated”). In the church at least two phases are determined. The annexes built in the north of the church indicate the 2nd phase. However, the column capitals must have been carried to the Northern Church from another building. The church is smaller than Great Basilica in terms of dimensions; howver, it is larger than the Central Church. When the construction date of the other two churches, the date of the column capitals, and the architecture of Early Christianity in Antiocheia are considered, the construction date of the Northern Church is the late 6th century AD at the earliest.

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