The four seasons of the year in elaborate mosaic (see tibe0002, tibe0008, tibe0009). Geometric mosaics and and figurative elements of the mosaics inform the date range. Because of the uncertainty of paleography in Palestinian synagogues, and because at this synagogue the inscriptions seem to have been executed by craftsmen unfamiliar with the Hebrew alphabet, the script itself cannot provide chronological information. Each season is represented by a female bust with her head in three-quarter view. The figure of Summer "looks less energetic and more languid than Spring, but at the same time, more mature." She wears a garland of a single branch with eight elongated leaves and berries, earrings, a bead necklace, and a light-colored tunic with a boat-shaped neckline. She holds a sickle or scythe for harvesting in her right hand; her right forefinger is extended, thumb concealed, and other three fingers bent. A sheaf of grain appears over her left shoulder. Other representations of the four seasons in Palestinian synagogues at Beth Alpha, Na'aran, and Isfiya have little in common with those here. More similarities exist between these and those of the "Roman Villa" at Beth Guvrin, but the nearest parallels are found in the mosaics at Antioch (in modern Turkey). The entire central panel of the synagogue floor has dimensions 3.3 m by 3.26 m, roughly a square. It encloses two concentric circles, with diameters of 3.2 m and 1.4 m. The smaller circle encloses a representation of Helios driving the solar chariot; the area between the two circles is split into twelve panels containing labelled representations of the Zodiac signs; and each corner of the square contains a labelled representation of the season corresponding to its three tangent Zodiac signs. All figures are oriented with their top ends, where their labels appear, towards the center of the circles. The spandrel-shaped season panels have black, brown, red, tan, and white line borders, each one, two, or three tiles deep. The use of Hebrew is notable, since by this period it had been superceded by Aramaic and Greek in everyday business of the synagogue. The orthography is "defective," not plene; for example, תשרי here appears as תישרי at Beth Alpha. The Seasons have the same defective spelling, however, at the 'En Gedi synagogue.