K. Shellala; 'En Ha-Besor - Chapel - Hall

The field consists of Inhabited vine trellis, springing from a centrally placed amphora at the western end.There are forty-five medallions in nine rows of five. Twenty-five medallions survive in whole or in part, of which twenty-two motifs survive, three are damaged but can be identified. Two more are known from early drawings of the mosaic. From west to east, north to south: First row, a Partridge above a peacock's tail; peacock occupying two roundels, amphora; peacock and two roundels with a grey dove above a peacock's tail.Second row, sheep; (destroyed); donkey pannier of fruit, above it are two, a goat and a sheep. Third row, only a leg of a bird, a pheasant (head only), a basket of reddish-brown fruit and a pheasant. Fourth row, a lion and a chalice of water, a tiger and a hoof of an animal. Fifth row, a guinea fowl, flamingo, a bird in a cage, another flamingo; (destroyed).Sixth row, a hound who is chasing a hare, in the next medallion a basket (contents destroyed), gazelle and a dog. Seventh row, tai and l feathers and legs of a cock, mostly destroyed. Eighth and ninth rows did not survive. The borders framing the medallions consist of (west) a chalice, white dove with a sprig of olive leaves, suspended wreath (damaged), head of a man (mostly destroyed) with monogram on either side of his head suspended wreath; (destroyed) and an amphora with a sprig of leaves.The north borders is made of three surviving motifs:Figs, pomegranate, an unidentified fruit, perhaps a gourd, brown with a green band wrapped around it).East Border: Three motifs survive in the centre: body of a fish, head of a fish and a chalice filled with what appears to be bread. The south border: Only one motif survives: an artichoke or cardoon. Inscriptions: At the western entrance, the doorway, a Greek inscription of nine lines, too badly damaged to read. The far eastern side in the margin has an inscription reading: "This rich church...Both our most pious bishop..And the most God-loved priest and paramonarios George , the in the year 622, according to..."