Mosque Name: Tarsus-Gözlükule
Country: Turkey
City: Tarsus
Year of construction (CE): 750-799
GPS: 36.911115° 34.896216°
Gibson Classification: Unknown
Description:
Dated by stratigraphy and dateable objects, soapstone from site, 750-900
It is reported that a semicircular mihrab was found during the excavation.
We are looking for someone who can visit this site and measure the angle of the mihrab. If it can be found. Or else copies of the archaeological reports.
The old city of Tarsus is in the middle of the city.
Excavations at Tarsus
Excavations at Tarsus
Reference:
Özyar, Asli, Ünlü, Elif, Pancaroğlu, Oya, and Agnès Vokaer, 2017. “Recent Fieldwork at Tarsus-Gözlükule: The Medieval Levels”, in: Sharon R. Steadman and Gregory McMahon (eds.), The Archaeology of Anatolia, vol. II: Recent Discoveries (2015-2016), Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 197-226.
Also See:
https://journals.openedition.org/acost/1258?lang=fr
http://www.tarsus.boun.edu.tr/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6zl%C3%BCkule
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