Bethlehem - The Nativity: Constantinian church - Inner south aisle

Location in the architectural complex: 
Inner south aisle
Mosaic floor
Illustrative material: 
Materials, palette: 
White, red, black, grey and yellow.
Composition: 
Two fragmentary panels are preserved: the first panel has a border of plain strip and a two-strand guilloche on a black background. The field is a scale pattern (imbrication) with filling of diamonds of type D; the second panel has a border of plain strip and denticulated triangles. The field is a reticulate pattern with a filing of diamonds and in one row a filling of alternating Solomon's knot (two interlacing oval rings) and a stylised four-petalled rosette within a circle.
Geometric patterns: 
Avi-Yonah A1
Avi-Yonah B2
Avi-Yonah J3
Avi-Yonah D
Avi-Yonah A5
Avi-Yonah A6
Avi-Yonah H1
Avi-Yonah I4
Avi-Yonah I7