List of Figures and Maps

Relief with theatre masks, Katzrin 34

Floor mosaic with Dionysiac procession in the triclinium of a villa in Sepphoris 37

Byzantine pillar with medusa, Caesareu 43

The so‐called ‘Gaza Jar’ from the Ramat Hanadiv excavations (southern Carmel area) 269

Byzantine period oil lamps from the Ein Gedi excavations 272

Stone vessels from the Temple Mount area in Jerusalem, 1st century ce  273

Glass vessels from a burial cave at Hurfeish, Upper Galilee—an example of the third–fourth century Galilean group 276

Reconstruction of a warp‐weighted loom using weights found in excavations 278

Reconstruction of lever‐and‐weight oil press, lever‐and‐screw oil press, and direct‐pressure‐screw oil press 283

Reconstruction of a wine press from Ramat Hanadiv 286

Notched line pattern 369

Notched gamma pattern 369

Ancient Jewish men's clothing 371

Ancient Jewish women's clothing 372

Gold assemblage found in a late Roman tomb in Jerusalem drawn by de Ridder 396

Byzantine period glass pendant with the depiction of a cross and a menorah 398

Reconstruction of a house at Qatzrin, fourth–fifth centuries ce  421

Yussuf Qahadi, owner of a house at ed‐Dhahiriya, interviewed by Yizhar Hirschfeld, standing in front of his house 422

Reconstruction of a courtyard house at Capernaum, first–second centuries ce  425

Reconstruction of a house at Horvat Susiya, sixth–eighth centuries ce  426

Reconstruction of the main entrance to the house at Horvat Susiya 426

Plan of Building XII at Mampsis, second–third centuries ce  427

Plan and sections of Building III at Umm el‐Jimal, second–third centuries ce  428

Reconstruction of a house excavated at Horvat Shema', fourth–fifth centuries ce  434

The Tomb of Jason, Jerusalem 444

The Tomb of Zechariah, Jerusalem 444

The Tomb of Absalom, Jerusalem 445

Decorated limestone ossuary of the Nicanor family 449

Tomb of Nicanor and Menachem Ussishkin, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 453

Façade of Bet She'arim, Catacomb 20 454

Lion sarcophagus, Catacomb 20, Bet She'arim 455

(a) Galilean‐type synagogue, Capernaum; (b) basilical‐type synagogue, Bet Alpha; (c) transitional‐type synagogue, Eshtemoa 527

Panel in Hammat Tiberias synagogue mosaic floor, with Temple facade, menorot, shofar, lulav, etrog, and incense shovel 530

Central panel in Hammat Tiberias synagogue mosaic floor, with the Zodiac and the sun god Helios 531

Western wall of Dura Europos synagogue 533

The three panels of the Hammat Tiberias synagogue mosaic floor. Top: Torah shrine and cluster of Jewish symbols; middle: zodiac with Helios in the centre; bottom: dedicatory inscriptions 535

Reconstructed drawing of the seven registers of the Sepphoris synagogue mosaic floor 537

Location of mosaic floor in the Bet Alpha synagogue 538

Oil lamp with attached reservoir (Sabbath lamp?) from Hebron, 3rd–4th c. ce  572

The ‘four species’ of Sukkot—closed palm frond, myrtle, and two willow branches, as well as the etrog—on a coin from the second year of the Bar Kokhba revolt (133/4 ce) 579

Sepphoris, the theatre built on the northern slope of the acropolis 627

Gerasa, southern view of the hippodrome 631

Scythopolis, general view of the amphitheatre 633