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‘Atiqot 60 (2008)
ISBN 2948-040X
A Byzantine Church at Qiryat Ata
(with a contribution by Ariel Berman)
(pp. 165–176)
Fanny Vitto
Keywords: Galilee, Christianity, basilica, art
Part of a Byzantine-period church was revealed during an excavation conducted at Qiryat Ata. The church was basilical in plan, oriented roughly eastward. The nave was paved with a polychrome mosaic, exhibiting a geometric pattern that was dated on stylistic grounds to the second half of the sixth century CE. Small limestone fragments decorated with geometric motifs were found on the mosaic floor, probably belonging to a chancel screen. The finds included pottery and glass vessels of Late Byzantine date. The church probably belongs to a rather prosperous settlement that existed within the present limits of Qiryat Ata.