Items - Architecture and Asceticism

A mosaic with geometric motifs, including 4 pointed stars and a Syriac inscription

Mosaic, C2nd-C3rd? Now housed in the Urfa Museum.

Type: Mosaic
Tags: Edessa, Geometric Motif, Inscription, Mosaic, Syriac, Syriac Inscription, Turkey, Urfa, Urfa Museum

Animal mosaic

Mosaic, C2nd-C4th? Featuring a range of animals and housed in Urfa Museum.

Type: Mosaic
Tags: Animal, Edessa, Mosaic, Turkey, Urfa, Urfa Museum

Figurative mosaic with large Syriac inscription

Mosaic, C2nd-C3rd? Damaged, but showing an Edessene family with an inscription. Now in Urfa Museum.

Type: Mosaic
Tags: Edessa, Figure, Inscription, Mosaic, Syriac, Syriac Inscription, Turkey, Urfa, Urfa Museum

A small chapel is located on a hillside to the south of the church at Kursi and is thought to commemorate the exact spot where the Miracle of the Swine took place. Today, it is in a very ruinous state and consists of an apse built into the hillside as well as pillars and a stone bench. The floor was decorated with mosaics and there is evidence for at least two layers of different designs. The lower and earlier layer is simply decorated with a predominantly beige ground and is highlighted with a grey border. The above and later layer consists of crosses within a highly detailed geometric design. It is believed to date to the same period as the church below (late 5th – mid 6th Century).

Type: Mosaic
Tags: Architecture, Basalt, Bench, C5th-C6th, Chapel, Christ, Christian, Column, Cross, Foliage, Galilee, Geometric Motif, Holy Site, Israel, Kursi, Mosaic, Pilgrimage