IETHIRA; Khirbet Yattir - The Southern Church (Area C) - Nave- second phase

A carpet with a field composed of 23 horizontal registers containing an array of irregular lines,trees and crosses. The carpet is surrounded by a white margin with an F motif margin and a band of B9 at the western end. The eastern part contains a cross at its center and the letters NOH in the east. West to this filed is a large cross and and further west there is a field with a rectangular frame and a 12 line inscription: All the work was completed in the end of March, indication 6, in the year of the city 257, for the salvation and succour of the most holy of the Christ loving hegumen Thomas, by myself Zacharias (son) of Jesse, and servant of God.