Architecture and Architectural Ornamentation in Beth-She'arim

Yehudit Turnheim,

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Abstract

The architectural items found in Beth-She'arim display a wide variety of shapes and patterns. In this essay, I examine and analyze these findings, determine the type of the buildings and their ornamentation, as well as the cultural and artistic context of their creation. I also try to trace their origins and source of influence on the design of the ornamentation in Beth-She'arim and their place in the architectural decoration of Eretz lsrael in the late Roman- early Byzantine period. […]

Keywords

• Israele
• Israel