NO.-! 11. MEDEBA MOSAIC MAP OF PALESTINE— CASANOWICZ. 375 



Borders of Egypt and Palestine — Raphidim. — Here Israel fought 

 Amalek, Exodus xvii, 8-14. 



Asemona, a city in the desert, dividing Egypt and the passage to 

 the sea. — Hashmonah, one of the camping stations of the Israelites in 

 the desert, Numbers xxxiii, 29. 



Elousa. — Mentioned in Ptolemy, Geography (second century 

 A. D.) V, 16, and Stephen of Byzanz, Ethnica (sixth century A. D.), 

 119, 19. Modern Halasa. Formerly seat of bishop. 



P?^o<^s.— Clermont-Ganneau (PEFQS, 1897, p. 223) identifies 

 it with Khurbet Futeis or Fetis, situated half way between Gaza 

 and Beer-sheba. 



Z>6seri, here Israel .... the brazen serpent. — Refers to the narra- 

 tive in Numbers xxi, 8 and following. 



Desert of sin, here the manna and the quaUs were sent. Exodus xvii 

 and Numbers xi, 31. 



Pelonsin. — ^Pelusium (the inscription to the picture is wanting 

 in the reproduction). On the mosaic it is wrongly placed on the 

 western bank of the Pelusian Nile arm instead of on the east side. 

 The city is frequently mentioned elsewhere and was an episcopal see. 



NiJcios. — Was likewise seat of bishop. 



Atlirihis. — Mentioned in Ptolemy, IV, 5, 51, and Stephen of Byzanz, 

 17,3. 



Sethroites. — Mentioned in Ptolemy, IV, 5, 53. It was the name of 

 an Egyptian Nome (province), w;ith HeracleapoUs as capital. 



Tanis. — The Bibhcal Zoan, Numbers xiii, 22, etc. Modern San. 

 According to a legend, based on Psalms Ixxviii, 12 and 43; Isaiah xix, 

 11 and 13, it was the birthplace of Moses. 



Thmois. — Mentioned in Stephen of Byzanz, 139, 1, etc. 



Thennesos. — Was an episcopal see. 



Xois. — Frequently mentioned elsewhere. On the mosaic the sites 

 of Xois and Sais (which is wanting in the reproduction) are trans- 

 posed. 



Paulinos . — Unknown . 



Hermoupolis. — Modern Damanhur. 



Khortaso. — Only mentioned in Stephen of Byzanz, 311, 11. 



Kainoupolis. — Unknown. 



APPENDIX. THE INSCRIPTIONS ON THE DRAWING. 



The inscriptions seen in the left lower corner and the right upper 

 corner of the drawing have no connection ^^dth the mosaic map, but 

 were found on the mosaic floor of another church in Medeba over 

 which houses have been built, and have perhaps been joined to the 

 map for the sake of preservation. They read: 



1. In the round vignette on the left side: "In gazing upon the 

 Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and upon Him whom she has borne, 



