Floor Mosaic

Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Jerash

A complex and pleasing design of diamonds overlaid upon squares includes volumetric swastikas, donor inscriptions (photo left), depictions of birds, sheep, and ungulates, and donor portraits (photo left, carrying basket).

Inscribed Pedestal

Macellum, Jerash

This modified object is inscribed for Tiberius Alexandros, governor of the province in 130 AD. The pedestal most likely supported a statue of the governor, who paid for the construction of the marketplace. Drilled straight through the base is an opening for a lead pipe, which would have conducted water to the fountain seen on the previous page.