Sycamina; Shiqmona; Tell es Samak - Church - South room

Location in the architectural complex: 
South room
Mosaic floor
Illustrative material: 
Composition: 
A field of squares laced together and creating ten eight-pointed stars and a central row of cross shaped spaces ( 3.15 x 6.75 m).The stars contain geometric designs and rosettes. Various motifs of fruit: pomegranates in one, citrons in the next, pomegranates in the next form a cross. The easternmost space has four bunches of grapes hanging from each arm of the cross, a melon (?) in the center. In the triangular spaces around the edge, stylized palm trees surround the cross spaces.
Iconographical motives: 
rosette
pomegranate
palm tree
grapes cluster
fruit