Figure 1. The monastic landscape of southwestern Syria in Late Antiquity. Map courtesy of the author. More about this image found in The monastic landscape of southwestern Syria in Late Antiquity. Map courtes...

Figure 1. Mosaic nave of Hammat Tiberias Synagogue, Israel, late fourth century CE. Photo by Zev Radovan, Bible Land Pictures. More about this image found in Mosaic nave of Hammat Tiberias Synagogue, Israel, late fourth century CE. P...

Figure 2. Astrologer’s zodiacal boards (second century CE, found in France, likely of Egyptian origin). Courtesy of Musée Départemental d’Art Ancien et Contemporain, Épinal (Vosges, France). Photo by Guido Petruccioli, copyright Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. More about this image found in Astrologer’s zodiacal boards (second century CE, found in France, likely of...

Figure 3. Mosaic of the zodiac sign of Scorpio and the Hebrew name of the sign accompanied by the personification and name of the Hebrew month Marheshvan in the Sepphoris Synagogue, Israel, fifth century CE. Photo by G. Laron, courtesy of Prof. Zeev Weiss, The Sepphoris Excavations, Hebrew Univers... More about this image found in Mosaic of the zodiac sign of Scorpio and the Hebrew name of the sign accomp...

Figure 4. Detail of the zodiac sign and name of Scorpio alongside the Hebrew month name of Heshvan from a Jewish marriage contract dated 1796 from Iōannina (Greece); British Museum OR 12377 A. Courtesy of the British Library. More about this image found in Detail of the zodiac sign and name of Scorpio alongside the Hebrew month na...