Church of St. Stephen complex
Informative photo tour through the Church of St. Stephen complex at Umm er-Rasas, including several churches, chapels and adjacent structures.
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The dedicatory inscriptions at the presbytery, on both sides of the altar, contains historical information. It indicates that the mosaicist Staurachios Ezbontinos (from Esbounta-Esbous: of Hesban) and his colleague Euremios paved the presbytery in March 756, at the time of Bishop Job.
The name ‘Mary’ is written behind the altar; she is the only woman mentioned in the church.
The church was built above an older monument. A small section of a lower mosaic floor was found under the base of the altar.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Groundplan: UiU, based on a drawing by the Department of Antiquities (DoA), Jordan
Informative photo tour through the Church of St. Stephen complex at Umm er-Rasas, including several churches, chapels and adjacent structures.