The church and its monastery on the Asar/Tavşan Island was a pilgrimage temple. Asar basilica dates to the fifth century. In the second half of the sixth century the church was damaged and never rebuilt. The pavement mosaics were laid in the fifth century.
See:
- Derya Şahin, Y. Selçuk Şener, The Basilica Mosaic on Asar Island at Myndos. Myndos Asar Adası Bazilika Mozaiği.JMR vol 8, 2015, pp.141-166
- Vincenzo Ruggieri, An archaeological survey in the gulf of Keramos and on the northern shore of the Peninsula of Halikarnassos, Arastirma Sonuclari. Toplantisi XV, Ankara 1998