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The mosaic plate from the 4th century lay over tomb 6 in the Byzantine crypt precending the hypogeum in the western necropolis (see the photos and information). It names the persons buried below as Valentinianos, Eustathia and Protogenia, who are probably Christian parents and their daughter.
(Information from: Weber - Gadara, p. 302)
© Photo, translation from German: Haupt & Binder
Housed in the Bait Rusan, a large Ottoman courtyard house reaconditioned to display sculptures, artefacts and archaological findings from Gadara
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Contemporary art, archaeology, art history, architecture, cultural heritage.
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Gadara - Umm Qes I. Gadara Decapolitana
Untersuchungen zur Topographie, Geschichte, Architektur und der Bildenden Kunst einer "Polis Hellenis" im Ostjordanland.
Abhandlungen des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins, Band 30, Teil 1. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2002. 813 pages, 1030 images.
