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The only remaining sections of the mosaic floor were recoverd in the southern aisle and the western part of the nave. The central nave was apparently decorated by diffrent mosaic panels. Only remains of the western-most panel survive. This panel depicts a circle with twelve circles within it. It is possible that this panel represent the zodiac wheel (Goodenough)or the symbols of the twelve tribes(Sukenik). Only two circles are extant and they depict a buffalo and beside it a fragmentary inscription ([Epr]raim?), and an ox. The space around the large outer circle was decorated with animal and floral designs. The western strip of the nave,above the western panel with the circle, was divided into different sized panels decorated with designs of plants and living creatures. There appear to have been five such panels originally but only the southern-most survives. It was preserved in its entirety.On it is a depiction of an eagle. The nave was surrounded by a double guilloche border. The floor of the south aisle was divided into geometric panels of different sizes each surrounded by a guilloch border. The intercolumnar spaces are decorated with geometric panels.