Open quarter, Umm er-Rasas
Umm er-Rasas photo tour, part 1: the city area north of the Roman fort with several churches and chapels, representative residential buildings, winery, etc.
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Dedicatory inscription at the east end of the central nave pavement: “At the time of the most pious Bishop Sergius, this holy temple was built and completed by the care of the Priest Wa’il in the month of Dius of the fifth indiction of the year 481 [586 AD]. This is the priest and his servant.”
(From: Michele Piccirillo, page 242)
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Umm er-Rasas photo tour, part 1: the city area north of the Roman fort with several churches and chapels, representative residential buildings, winery, etc.
By Michele Piccirillo
A large format, cloth-bound volume with 383 pages, 874 illustrations, including aerial views of many of the sites and plans of most of the structures which have mosaics.
American Center of Oriental Research, Amman, Jordan. First edition in 1993.
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