# Reconstruction and Visualization of the Mosaic Floor of the Temple of Pitiunt Hillfort
## 3 Results and Discussions
### Mosaic of Narthex
#### 3.1.3 Baptistery Decorations  
Very little is known about the Baptistery, as the monograph [3] does not provide a sufficient amount of information on it. A detailed report on the excavations carried out in the area of the Baptistery, its construction, depth, surface decoration and the presence of mosaics on it, the height of the steps and so on, had not been included.  
The area under consideration includes the T-shaped Baptistery itself, a fragment of a framing decoration and two artistic panels in varying states of preservation, according to the basic layout of the mosaic [3]. The northern part of the area was destroyed by the later apse of Temple No. 4 cut into the narthex and the eastern part by the narthex barrier of Temple No. 3 (Figure 3). The shape of the Baptistery as recorded by the [PERSON] expedition corresponds to the time when Temple No. 3 existed. However, the positioning of the art panels on the western side is an indication that the Baptistery had an east-west orientation. It is therefore probable that the Baptistery had a continuation to the east. Its original shape was traditionally cruciform, and this was retained when rebuilt (see Figure 4). In the description of the mosaic in the Baptistery, [PERSON] [9] writes that a white and red ornament of intersecting circles bordered a white area in front of the footpath. On the basis of this description and taking into account our assumption about the cruciform shape of the Baptistery, we continued this decorative border around the perimeter of the basin, thus obtaining the image of a cross. The width of the frame from the south and from the north is not the same, as is evident from the photo of this section [9], being one and one and a half circuits of the pattern, respectively.  
Four elongated rectangles appeared at the ends. Archaeological evidence has been found for two of the western ones. At the junction with the meander pattern behind the barrier of the narthex of Temple No. 3, a trace of the border of the northeastern rectangle has been preserved (Figure 3). Therefore, the reconstruction shows four rectangles: the eastern ones according to the preserved trace and the others according to general rules.  
The rectangles that have been preserved on the western side contain two artistic panels. The \"Fountain of Living Water\" composition is on the south-western side. It has been thoroughly described and studied by various authors [7; 8; 9; 10; 12; 13] therefore, there is no need to go into further details. Its mosaic has been lost in some places. However, the composition of the panel has a central symmetry which makes it possible to reconstruct the missing parts and integrate them into a motif (Figure 7).  
The north-western panel depicted a large vessel with \"spoons\" on the body. It had a colored rim and graceful twisted handles (Figure 4). This panel was diagonally destroyed in half by the apse of Temple No. 4. Unfortunately, there is no photograph of these mosaics. Only a sketch is available. For this reason, the image has been adjusted to correspond with the description given by [PERSON] [9]. The central symmetry of this jar made it possible to complete its pattern on the other side, and the significant remaining area above the rim of the jar was completed with vines with fruit, matching the composition of this motif.  
During the construction of the narrative wall of Temple No. 3, two eastern panels were irretrievably lost. Thus, we can only speculate about what might have been portrayed. Given that the purpose of the baptistery is associated with water and baptism and that the south-west panel depicts a fountain of living water, the image of two fish would seem to be close to the motif, especially since a similar motif occurs twice in this narthex in a mosaic pattern with rhombuses and once in a border with meanders. From the north-east, a panel with a kantharos and birds sitting on it was added. This corresponds to the fountain of living water and a jug and two birds found on a fragment of mosaic in the northern part of the apse.