The cathedral complex at Nisibis

KESER KAYAALP E., Erdogan N.

ANATOLIAN STUDIES, vol.63, pp.137-154, 2013 (AHCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 63
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1017/s0066154613000070
  • Journal Name: ANATOLIAN STUDIES
  • Journal Indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.137-154
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The cathedral complex at Nisibis sits within what is currently a large excavation site. The excavations, continuing on and off over the last 12 years, have yielded exciting discoveries. This article is not a report of the excavations as such, but, in the light of them, it revisits the cathedral complex in an attempt to reconstruct the possible cathedral on the site and to establish the building phases of the only standing structure on the site, known as the 'Church of Mor Yaqub', which was the baptistery of the cathedral.