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LIST OF COLOR PLATES
I.1 Masada mosaic pavements: a. anteroom (Oecus 456) at the Western Palace; b. bathhouse
corridor of the Western Palace (room 449). Courtesy of Prof. Gideon Foerster and Israel
Exploration Society, Jerusaelm.
I.2 a. Mosaic in the Hasmonean bathhouse, Jericho palace; Lower Herodium palace pavements;
b. Mosaic panel in the bathhouse main tepidarium; c. mosaic in small tepidarium; d.
fragment of the laconicum pavement; e. Caesarea palace mosaic. Courtesy of Prof. Ehud
Netzer.
I.3 Jerusalem, Upper City, pavements in houses (after Avigad 1983: 109; b.162, c.163).
I.4 Jerusalem, Upper City, pavements in houses (after Avigad 1983: a.161, b. 164, c.165).
II.1 Torah shrine panels on synagogue pavements: a. Hammath Tiberias; b. Sepphoris; c. Susiya.
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority (a,c). Courtesy of Prof. Zeev Weiss and the
Sepphoris Expedition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; photo by G. Laron (b).
II.2 Ark of Scrolls on synagogue pavements: a. Beth Alpha; b. Beth She"an A; c. Jericho. Courtesy
of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
II.3 Comparable shrines on Jordan mosaics: a. Upper chapel of Priest John, Mukhayyat, Mt.
Nebo; b. Theotokos chapel, Basilica of Moses, Mt. Nebo. Courtesy of Fr. Michele Piccirillo
and Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Archive, Jerusalem.
II.4 Dura Synagogue wall paintings panels WB3, WB2. Courtesy of the Yale University Art
Gallery, Dura-Europos Archive.
III.1 Hammath Tiberias synagogue zodiac panel. Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
III.2 Sepphoris synagogue zodiac panel. Courtesy of Prof. Z. Weiss and the Sepphoris Expedition,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; photo by G. Laron.
III.3. Beth "Alpha synagogue zodiac panel. Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
III.4 a. Na#aran synagogue zodiac panel; b. Susiya synagogue fragment of surviving zodiac;
c. #En Gedi zodiac inscription. Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
III.5 Sun God on synagogue pavements: a. Hammath Tiberias; b. Sepphoris; c. Beth "Alpha;
d. Na#aran. Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority, Sepphoris. Courtesy of Prof. Z.
Weiss and the Sepphoris Expedition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; photo by G.
Laron (b).
III.6 Comparions of Sun God on mosaics: a. Tomb of the Julii beneath the Basilica of St. Peter
in the Vatican, Rome; b. The sun God in his chariot on a 3 rd century Swiss mosaic (after
Kenton 1974: fig. 7).
III.7 Zodiac signs on synagogue pavements:
a. Aries Hammath Tiberias, Sepphoris, Beth "Alpha.
b. Taurus Hammath Tiberias, Sepphoris, Beth "Alpha.
c. Gemini Hammath Tiberias, Sepphoris, Beth "Alpha.
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority, Sepphoris. Courtesy of Prof. Z. Weiss and the
Sepphoris Expedition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; photo by G. Laron.
III.8 Zodiac signs on synagogue pavements:
a. Cancer Hammath Tiberias, Sepphoris, Beth "Alpha.
b. Leo Hammath Tiberias, Sepphoris, Beth "Alpha.
c. Virgo Hammath Tiberias, Sepphoris, Beth "Alpha.
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority, Sepphoris. Courtesy of Prof. Z. Weiss and the
Sepphoris Expedition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; photo by G. Laron.