Umm ar-Rasas mosaics explained
The Umm ar-Rasas mosaics are a number of Byzantine mosaics discovered by Michele Piccirillo in the ruins of the Church of St. Stephen in Umm ar-Rasas, Jordan, in 1986.
Of particular note is a mosaic floor dated to 785, the largest one in Jordan, with a series of panels illustrating the most important cities of the region.
Town mosaic
Outer frame, left (northern) side
A series of eight cities in Palestine are shown in the frame:
Outer frame, right (southern) side
Seven cities in Transjordan are shown in the frame:
Two additional cities are shown at the head of each aisle:
Inner frame
The inner frame includes illustrations of ten cities in the Nile Delta:
See also
Bibliography
- Piccirillo . Michele . Attiyat . Taysir . The Complex of Saint Stephen at Umm er-Rasas-Kastron Mefaa. First Campaign, August 1986 . Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan. Department of Antiquities, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. . 30 . 1986 . 341–352. 2023-05-16.
- Piccirillo . Michele . The Mosaics at Um er-Rasas in Jordan . The Biblical Archaeologist . The American Schools of Oriental Research . 51 . 4 . 1988 . 0006-0895 . 3210072 . 208–231 . 10.2307/3210072 . 192366752 . 2023-05-15. subscription .
- Balty . Janine . Les mosaïques d'Umm al-Rasas et la date de 718 - MICHELE PICCIRILLO, EUGENIO ALLIATA, et al., UMM AL-RASAS, MAYFA'AH I: GLI SCAVI DEL COMPLESSO DI SANTO STEFANO (Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Collectio Maior 28; Jerusalem, 1994). Pp. 376, figg. 319, 35 pl. coul., 62 figg. coul., 3 plans dépliants. . Journal of Roman Archaeology . Cambridge University Press (CUP) . 11 . 1998 . 1047-7594 . 10.1017/s104775940001789x . 700–702. 250349440 .
- Eckersley . Tracey . Putting Christians on the map : topographic mosaics from late antique Jordan as representations of authority and status. . 2016 . University of Louisville . 10.18297/etd/2484. free .
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