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.[1][2]
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.
A series of eight cities in Palestine are shown in the frame:
Seven cities in Transjordan are shown in the frame:
Two additional cities are shown at the head of each aisle:
The inner frame includes illustrations of ten cities in the Nile Delta: