page_title: Salbit
section_title: Roman and Byzantine periods
hierarchical_section_title: Salbit / History / Roman and Byzantine periods
caption_attribution_description: English: Samaritan synagogue mosaic in Sha'albim עברית: פסיפס מבית הכנסת השומרוני בשעלבים, Original Image Name:פסיפס מבית הכנסת השומרוני בשעלבים, Notes:בפסיפס כתוב בכתב שומרוני: &quot;יהוה ימלך עולם ועד&quot;, Location:מוזיאון השומרוני הטוב
context_page_description: Salbit was a Palestinian Arab village located 12 kilometers southeast of al-Ramla. Salbit was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War after a military assault by Israeli forces. The Israeli locality of Shaalvim was established on the former village's lands in 1951.
context_section_description: Jerome (347-420) describes it as part of the territory of the Dan, transcribing its name at that time as Selebi, a form also used by Josephus (37-c. 100).
  In 1949, archaeologists excavated the remains of a Samaritan synagogue there that was dated to the late 4th or early 5th century. Measuring 15.4 x 8 metres, its mosaic floor contains one Greek inscriptions and two in Samaritan (language and script). In the centre of the mosaic is a mountain which is thought to be a depiction of Mount Gerizim, a place holy to Samaritans. Rectangular in shape, the synagogue was longitudinally aligned more or less towards Mount Gerizim.
caption: Samaritan inscription reading "The Lord will reign for ever and ever" (Exodus 15:18)(Good Samaritan Museum)
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