The Excavation Department at Idleb Antiquities Directorate unearthed a mosaic floor dating back to the Byzantine Era at Deir Sounbol Church in al-Zawieh Mountain in Syria according to SANA.
Head of the Excavation and Studies Department, Anas Haj Zaiydan said that only a part of the mosaic floor was found at the eastern side of the church, and measured some 5-metres in length by 4-metres in width.
He indicated that the eastern part of the mosaic is burnt, adding that the part which is located to the west of the marble-made basis is also damaged as well as its northern and southern corners. Geometric and floral shapes frame the central panel of the mosaic floor.
For his part, Chairman of Idleb Antiquities Directorate, Nicolas Dabbas, said that two separate Greek inscriptions are found on the mosaic, the first of which consists of five lines while the second consists of three lines.
The two texts contain prayers and religious supplications, in addition to the name of the church's owner, and of the person who commissioned the work.
Author: Ruaa al-Jazaeri | Source: Global Arab Network [May 13, 2011]
Head of the Excavation and Studies Department, Anas Haj Zaiydan said that only a part of the mosaic floor was found at the eastern side of the church, and measured some 5-metres in length by 4-metres in width.
He indicated that the eastern part of the mosaic is burnt, adding that the part which is located to the west of the marble-made basis is also damaged as well as its northern and southern corners. Geometric and floral shapes frame the central panel of the mosaic floor.
For his part, Chairman of Idleb Antiquities Directorate, Nicolas Dabbas, said that two separate Greek inscriptions are found on the mosaic, the first of which consists of five lines while the second consists of three lines.
The two texts contain prayers and religious supplications, in addition to the name of the church's owner, and of the person who commissioned the work.
Author: Ruaa al-Jazaeri | Source: Global Arab Network [May 13, 2011]