Mimari yapıların süslenmesinde kullanılan mozaikler antik dönemden günümüze değin sürekli kullanılan vazgeçilmez mimari bir eleman olmuştur. Gerek sağlamlığı gerekse görsel açıdan güzelliği ile ön planda olan mozaikler özellikle Roma döneminde Şanlıurfa’da oldukça fazla yapılmıştır. Ancak buradaki mozaikler gerek sivil gerek resmi binalarda değil mezarları süslemede tercih edilmiştir. Mozaiklerde daha çok ölen kişi ve ailesi tasvir edilmiştir. Bunun yanında dini konuların ve mitolojik konuların da resmedildiği mozaikler vardır. Şanlıurfa son yıllardaki Nekropol alanındaki kazılarda, üç kaya mezarının odalarının tabanında mozaikler ele geçmiştir. Bu mozaikler, daha önce Şanlıurfa’da ele geçen 30 a yakın mozaik ile yakın benzerlik göstermektedir. Aile mozaiği yanında geometrik desenlerin de yer aldığı bu mozaikler, yapıldıkları dönemin sosyal ve kültürel özelliklerini yansıtmaktadırlar. Mozaikler üzerindeki yazıtlarda hem kişi isimleri hem de tarihler yer almaktadır.
The mosaics used in the architectural decoration have been an indispensable element which
has been used continuously since antiquity. Mosaics which are at the forefront, not only with their strength but also with their visual beauty, have been made a lot in Şanlıurfa especially
during the Roman period. However, these mosaics are not used in both civil and official
buildings decorations but in tombs. The mosaics depict the deceased person and his family.
There are also mosaics in which religious and mythological subjects are depicted. Mosaics
were found on the floor of the rooms of the three rock tombs, during the recent years
excavations in the Necropolis of Şanlıurfa. These are very similar to about 30 mosaics found
previously in Şanlıurfa. Up to now, the majority of the thirty mosaic in Şanlıurfa belonged to
the Kingdom of Edessa (2nd century BC - 3rd century AD). Some of the mosaics have been
smuggled abroad, some of them have been destroyed and some of them have been exhibited
in the Halepli Bahçe Mosaic Museum in Şanlıurfa. These mosaics reflecting the social and
cultural features of the period in which they are made, as well as geometric patterns besides
the family mosaic. The inscriptions on the mosaics include both names and dates. In the
mosaics, all family members are shown together and the message of death is connected to
each other as in life. People of the Kingdom of Edessa believe that death is the unifying of
the family, and it is also understood that they have a belief in meeting together as a new
beginning. These tombs with mosaics are a place where the living and the dead are united
and are the places where the deceased were kept alive by the paintings built by their relatives.