Mosaic, Mount Nebo Museum, Jordan

Mosaic inscription from the Theotokos Chapel of the monastery at Wadi Ayn Al-Kanisah, Mount Nebo, Jordan, now in the Mount Nebo Museum. The 8th century mosaic is in Greek and in the corners are jugs of water representing the four rivers of paradise (Ghion, Fison, Tigris, and Euphrates). It reads, By the providence of God, this venerable monastery of the holy mother of God was rebuilt, in the days of Job, bishop of madam, and of George the recluse, for the preservation of all the benefactors, indiction 15, years 6270 (762 AD)'. The mosaic was originally near the door in the small Christian monastery and is proof of a monastic Christian presence in this region in the 8th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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