Mosaic
29-107-934
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | 29-107-934 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
Archaeology Area | Niche at the southwest of the ambulatory in the Byzantine Round Church on the summit; Level II |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Stone |
Description | Fragment of stone mosaic pavement. The tesserae are white, black, brown and red in a semi-circular group with an imbricated pattern. These is a plain border on two sides. Fitzgerald: "Just south of the west door a semicircular fragment of mosaic with an imbricated pattern ran back beyond the line of the outer circle, showing that at this point there had been a niche in the wall, and there can be no doubt of the existence of a corresponding niche to the north. It will be observed that the wall behind these niches was very thin; they were presumbably built up inside concealed arches in the main wall." |
Length | 107.95 cm |
Width | 117.09 cm |
Depth | 5.08 cm |
Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
Other Number | ? - Field No SF |
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