360 I'liOCEEDlNOS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.49. 



as has been stated above (p. 362 and following), biblical quotations or 

 brief references to some historical events. The geographical names 

 are regularly ^vTitten above the places which they designate; the 

 additional legends are placed below or beside the places to which 

 they refer. The lettering is in black on light ground, in white 

 on dark ground, and in red when the inscription is of special 

 importance. 



It is generally agreed that the map is dependent on the Onomasti- 

 con of Eusebius. This is evidenced by the fact that the additional 

 legends are literally, or almost so, taken over from the Onomasticon. 

 Kubitschek (Die Mosaikkarte Palastinas, pp. 353, 358, etc.) and 

 Clermont Ganneau (PEFQS, 1901, p. 236) are even inclined to the 

 assumption that the topographical work of Eusebius had been pro- 

 vided with a map, and that this map was used by the mosaist of 

 Medeba as a copy, or at least as a model. 



In the following enumeration of the places preserved on the mosaic 

 there will be first given a transcription of the names and translation 

 of the additional legends as restored by the most competent authori- 

 ties, followed in case of biblical locahties, by the form of the names 

 in the English Bible with the biblical references, and where it is of 

 interest the version of the Onomasticon of Eusebius and St. Jerome 

 will be quoted. 



For the sake of a better survey the area of the map is divided into 

 six zones or sections, beginning at the north: 



1. FROM THE JORDAN TO THE SEA, NORTH OF THE SECOND BRIDGE OVER THE 



JORDAN. 



Aenon, near Salem. — Eusebius (OS, p. 40) adds: ''Here John bap- 

 tized." — Aenon, near to Salim (John iii, 23), identified by some with 

 modern Ainun (see PEFQS, 1881, p. 47). 



Koreous (part of the representation of a building is wanting on the 

 reproduction). — ^The Korea and Koreae of Josephus (Antiquities, 

 XIV, 3, 4; War, I, 6, 5; IV, 8, 1), Modern Karawa. 



Archelais. — Named after Archelaus, son of Herod, King of Judea, 

 who built it (see Josephus, Antiquities, XVII, 13, 1; XVIII, 2, 2). 

 It was later an episcopal see. 



To the left of it is PJtasadis (restored) , erected by Herod in memory 

 of his brother of the same name (see Josephus, Antiquities, XVI, 

 5, 2; XVII, 8, 1; XVIII, 2, 2). Still preserved under the name of 

 Ain el-Fasail. 



Eastern frontier of Judea. Akrabhim, which now is called Akra- 

 bitte. — The mosaist has here apparently confused Aki'abatta, the main 

 place of the mountain district of Akrabattene (Josephus, War, II, 

 20, 4; IV, 9, 4; 9, 9), modern Akraba, which he rightly locates here 

 in the north, with Akrabhim, in the extreme south of Judea (Numbers 



