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Two (partially obliterated) reeds (<i>Phragmites australis</i>) appear to the right and left of the bird in this detail of the fifth-century C.E. mosaic from the Church of the Multiplication in Tabgha. Image courtesy of <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:5th_century_AD_restored_mosaic_pavement_in_the_Church_of_the_Multiplication_depicting_various_wetland_birds_and_plants,_the_earliest_known_examples_of_figured_pavement_in_Christian_art_in_the_Holy_Land,_Tabgha,_Galilee_(19054611495).jpg&oldid=242392848">Wikimedia Commons</a>.Reeds (<i>Phragmites australis</i>) as depicted in a fifth-century C.E. mosaic from the Church of the Multiplication in Tabgha on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. Image courtesy of <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:5th_century_AD_restored_mosaic_pavement_in_the_Church_of_the_Multiplication_depicting_various_wetland_birds_and_plants,_the_earliest_known_examples_of_figured_pavement_in_Christian_art_in_the_Holy_Land,_Tabgha,_Galilee_(18868411359).jpg&oldid=242392853">Wikimedia Commons</a>.Ducks dabbling among the reeds. Photographed by Joshua N. Tilton in the <a href="https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/16254/">Hula Valley Nature Reserve</a>.Giant reeds (<i>Arundo donax</i>, a relative of the reeds [<i>Phragmites australis</i>] that grow in the Galilee) as depicted in the Nile Mosaic of Palestrina, Italy (ca. 100 B.C.E.). Image courtesy of <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Hippos_and_Crocs_among_Reeds_in_Nile_River_Mosaic.png&oldid=249501894">Wikimedia Commons</a>.Coin of Herod Antipas from the year 20/21 C.E. depicting a reed with the inscription ΗΡΩΔΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑ(ΡΧΟΥ) ("Herod the Tetrarch") on the obverse. The reverse shows a wreath surrounding the inscription ΤΙΒΕΡΙΑΣ ("Tiberias"). Image courtesy of the <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=265930">Classical Numismatic Group</a>.A second coin of Herod Antipas (20-21 C.E.) depicting a reed on the obverse. Image courtesy of the <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=265931">Classical Numismatic Group</a>.A third coin of Herod Antipas (19-20 C.E.) depicting a reed on the obverse. Image courtesy of the <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=121508">Classical Numismatic Group</a>.A later coin of Herod Antipas (ca. 29 C.E.) in which a palm branch replaced the reed on the obverse. Image courtesy of the <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=134350">Classical Numismatic Group</a>.Reeds growing along the Sea of Galilee's shore with Tiberias in the background. Photographed at the site of ancient Magdala. Courtesy of Joshua N. Tilton.

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