Mosaic 1

ID: ICHESHWL03

Mosaic 1

Detail showing a beautiful colored amphora with the grape vines coming out of it and grapes and grape leaves attached to the meandering grape vines. Note also the rolling wave design.

For a general view of the floor of the church Click Here.

Not much has been published about this excavation, but it seems that the church dates to the 5th-6th centuries–i.e., to the Byzantine Period.

Found in

Keywords: Amphora, Vine Vines, Grape Grapes, Leave Leaves, Rolling Wave Design, Church, Byzantine, Mosaic Mosaics, Shiloh, Tell, Israel, Hill Country of Ephraim, ICHESHWL03