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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure I-1. Masada, mosaic pavement Bathoom 447. Courtesy of Prof. Gideon Foerster
and Israel Exploration Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Figure I-2. Masada, black and white mosaic pavements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Figure I-3. Cypros, mosaic pavement of apodyterium and caldarium. Courtesy of
Prof. Ehud Netzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure I-4. The rosette motif on mosaic pavements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure I-5. Geometric motifs on mosaic pavements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure I-6. Plant motifs, floral scrolls on mosaic pavements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Figure II-1. Hammath Tiberias synagogue tripartite nave mosaic pavement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure II-2. Sepphoris synagogue seven bands nave mosaic pavement. Courtesy of
Prof. Z. Weiss and the Sepphoris Expedition, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, drawing by P. Arad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure II-3. Beth "Alpha synagogue tripartite nave mosaic pavement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure II-4. Na#aran synagogue tripartite nave mosaic pavement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure II-5. Susiya synagogue plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure II-6. Beth She"an A synagogue plan and tripartite nave mosaic pavement . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure II-7. Hammath Gader synagogue tripartite nave mosaic pavement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure II-8. Huseifa synagogue plan and tripartite nave mosaic pavement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure II-9. A schematic form of the Torah shrine façade with the Torah shrine
enclosing the Ark of Scrolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure II-10. Mosaic panel of the Torah shrine enclosing the Ark of Scrolls flanked
by pairs of menoroth and ritual objects: a. Hammath Tiberias; b. Sepphoris;
c. Susiya. Sepphoris—Courtesy of Prof. Z. Weiss and the Sepphoris
Expedition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, drawing by P. Arad . . . . . . . . 24
Figure II-11. Mosaic panel of the Ark of the Scrolls flanked by pairs of menoroth
and ritual objects: a. Beth "Alpha; b. Na#aran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure II-12. Representation of Torah shrine with the Ark of the scrolls rendered
inside the façade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure II-13. Representation of the Ark of the Scrolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure II-14. Diaspora representations of the Ark of the Scrolls; drawing by Dr. Orit Zuf . . . 28
Figure II-15. Sanctuaries on the Dura Europos wall paintings, panels WB2, WB3,
WB4; drawing by Dr. Orit Zuf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure III-1. Huseifa, zodiac panel remains. Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority . . . . 35
Figure III-2. Yaphi#a mosaic fragment. Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority . . . . . . . . 36
Figure III-3. Illustration of the zodiac panel: a. Hammath Tiberias; b. Sepphoris;
c. Huseifa; d. Beth "Alpha; e. Na#aran. Sepphoris—Courtesy of Prof. Z. Weiss
and the Sepphoris Expedition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
drawing by P. Arad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure III-4. Schematic Illustration of the zodiac panel: a. Hammath Tiberias;
b. Sepphoris; c. Huseifa; d. Beth "Alpha; e. Na#aran. Sepphoris—Courtesy
of Prof. Z. Weiss and the Sepphoris Expedition, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38