The decoration of the Early Christian churches, and particularly of the basilicas, was mostly with mosaics. The largest series of early mosaic decorations in Rome are the panels on the triumphal arch and the nave walls of Santa Maria Maggiore of c. 432-40.
The picture shows an Old Testament scene on the south wall of the nave: the Ark of the Covenant being carried across the Jordan, a scene from the life of the Old Testament hero, Joshua.
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