▁structures ▁surrounding ▁the ▁syn agog ue . ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁a ▁ho ard ▁of ▁ 3 6 ▁By z antine ▁co ins ▁were ▁found ▁in ▁a ▁shall ow ▁de pression ▁in ▁the ▁floor ▁ap se . ▁ ▁Architecture ▁Arch itect ural ▁remains ▁from ▁the ▁Beth ▁Al pha ▁syn agog ue ▁indicate ▁that ▁the ▁syn agog ue ▁once ▁stood ▁as ▁two - story ▁bas il ical ▁building ▁and ▁contained ▁a ▁cour ty ard , ▁vest ib ule , ▁and ▁prayer ▁hall . ▁The ▁first ▁floor ▁of ▁the ▁prayer ▁hall ▁consisted ▁of ▁a ▁central ▁nave ▁meas uring ▁ 5 . 4 ▁meters ▁wide , ▁the ▁ap se , ▁which ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁rest ing ▁place ▁for ▁the ▁Tor ah ▁Ark , ▁the ▁b im ah , ▁the ▁raised ▁platform ▁upon ▁which ▁the ▁Tor ah ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁read , ▁and ▁ben ches . ▁The ▁Tor ah ▁Ark ▁within ▁the ▁ap se ▁was ▁aligned ▁south west , ▁in ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁Jerusalem . ▁ ▁D edic atory ▁ins cri ptions ▁ ▁The ▁northern ▁entry way ▁features ▁two ▁dedic atory ▁ins cri ptions ▁in ▁Ar ama ic ▁and ▁Greek . ▁Although ▁partially ▁destroyed , ▁the ▁Ar ama ic ▁ins cription ▁indicates ▁that ▁the ▁syn agog ue ▁was ▁built ▁during ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Roman ▁Emperor ▁Just inus , ▁probably ▁Justin ▁I ▁( 5 1 8 – 5 2 7 ▁CE ), ▁and ▁was ▁fund ed ▁by ▁commun al ▁don ations . ▁The ▁Greek ▁ins cription ▁thanks ▁art is ans ▁" Mar ian os ▁and ▁his ▁son ▁Han