Location in the architectural complex:
Nave
Mosaic floor
Materials, palette:
Red, White, Black
Density:
90 tesserae per 10 cm. in the field.
110 tesserae per 10 cm. in the border.
25 tesserae per 10 cm. in the repairs of the iconoclastic damage.
Composition:
11X5.6 m.
Between the entrance to the nave and the large mosaic carpet is a strip, 0.45 m., of white mosaic with an inscription inside a tabula ansata.
The mosaic has a white margin with a border of of A1, B7-8, acanthus rinceaux framing fruit and vegetal motifs (6 medallions on the short sides and 14 on the long sides), B7-8, A1.
The field featurs 12 rows of of 5 medallioms from a vine trellis emerging from an amphora at the western end. The medallioms contained animales that have been defaced and replaced by white course tesserae. Between the medallions are birde (that were defaced), vines and grapes.
Geometric patterns:
Avi-Yonah A1
Avi-Yonah B7
Avi-Yonah B8
Floral motives:
vines
grapes
acanthus leaves
dates
apples
pears
grapefruit
pomegranate
artichoke
peppers
zucini. asparagus
Comments:
Not all the fruits and vegetables in the boreder were identified.
Discussion:
Govrin reconstructed the scenes in the medallions of the field: hunting scenes, animal transport, animal fights.
Inscriptions