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Umm ar-Rasas mosaics

File:Umm ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen central mosaic 2780.jpg

File:Well-preserved mosaic of the nave of the Church of Saint Stephen with depictions of eight cities west of the Jordan River and seven cities east of the river, 8th century AD, Um er-Rasas, Jordan - 50825129608.jpg

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.{{sfn| Piccirillo|1988|pp=208–231}}{{sfn|Piccirillo|Attiyat|1986|pp=341-352}}

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:

File:Umm ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen Jerusalem 2785.jpg | Jerusalem

File:Umm ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen Nablus 2786.jpg| Nablus

File:Umm ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen Sebastia 2787.jpg| Sebastia

File:Umm ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen Caesarea 2788.jpg | Caesarea

File:Umm ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen Lidda 2789.jpg |Lydda

File:Church of St. Stephen, mosaic depicting the city of Eleutheropolis (Beit Guvrin), Um er-Rasas, Jordan.jpg |Eleutheropolis (Bayt Jibrin)

File:Church of St. Stephen, mosaic depicting the city of Askalon (Ashkelon), Um er-Rasas, Jordan.jpg | Ashkelon

File:Umm ar-Rasas mosaic Gaza.png|Gaza

=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:

  • Limbon
  • Diblaton

File:Jordan Um ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen 2734 Kastron Mefa'a.jpg|Kastron Mefaa (Umm er-Rasas)

File:Church of St. Stephen, mosaic depicting the city of Philadelphia (Amman), Um er-Rasas, Jordan.jpg | Philadelphia (Amman)

File:Jordan Um ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen 2736 Madaba.jpg|Madaba

File:Church of St. Stephen, mosaic depicting the city of Esbounta (Hesban), Um er-Rasas, Jordan.jpg | Esbounta (Heshbon)

File:Jordan Um ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen 2740 Main.jpg|Belemounta (Ma'in)

=Inner frame=

The inner frame includes illustrations of ten cities in the Nile Delta:

File:Umm ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen mosaic border 2751.jpg| Alexandria

File:Umm ar-Rasas 45.JPG | Kasin (Ras Kouroun)

File:Umm ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen mosaic border 2752.jpg| Thenesos

File:Jordan Um ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen 2721 edit.jpg |Tamiathis

File:Umm ar-Rasas 20.JPG| Panau

File:Umm ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen mosaic border 2741.jpg| Pelusium

File:Umm ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen mosaic border 2743.jpg| Anticiaou(?)

File:Umm ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen mosaic border 2746.jpg| Eraklion

File:Umm ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen mosaic border 2773.jpg| Cynopolis

File:Umm ar-Rasas Church of St. Stephen mosaic border 2776.jpg| Pseudostomon

See also

References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite journal | last1=Piccirillo | first1=Michele |last2=Attiyat | first2=Taysir | title=The Complex of Saint Stephen at Umm er-Rasas-Kastron Mefaa. First Campaign, August 1986 | journal=Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan|publisher=Department of Antiquities, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. | volume= 30 | year=1986 | url= http://publication.doa.gov.jo/Publications/ViewChapterPublic/2186 | pages=341–352|access-date=2023-05-16}}
  • {{cite journal | last=Piccirillo | first=Michele | title=The Mosaics at Um er-Rasas in Jordan | journal=The Biblical Archaeologist | publisher=The American Schools of Oriental Research | volume=51 | issue=4 | year=1988 | issn=0006-0895 | jstor=3210072 | pages=208–231 | doi=10.2307/3210072 | s2cid=192366752 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/3210072 | access-date=2023-05-15| url-access=subscription }}
  • {{cite journal | last=Balty | first=Janine | title=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=Journal of Roman Archaeology | publisher=Cambridge University Press (CUP) | volume=11 | year=1998 | issn=1047-7594 | doi=10.1017/s104775940001789x | pages=700–702| s2cid=250349440 }}
  • {{cite thesis | last=Eckersley | first=Tracey | title=Putting Christians on the map : topographic mosaics from late antique Jordan as representations of authority and status. | year=2016 | publisher=University of Louisville | doi=10.18297/etd/2484|url=https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd/2484/| doi-access=free }}

External links

  • Ghazi Bisheh "[https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;jo;Mon01;32;en Church of St Stephen]" in Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers, 2023. 2023.

Category:1986 archaeological discoveries

Category:Archaeological sites in Jordan

Category:Byzantine mosaics