The situation of the Palestinian

Mosaic HeritageArch Osama Hamdan

Al Quds University 24th May 2011

Fields

General identity of the site

The identity of the mosaic

History of the mosaic

History of discovery

Location of the mosaic

Stylistic description

Description of the mosaic

Materials and techniques

Recording condition and conservation

Photographical documentation

Drawing documentation

Essential bibliography

Author of the sheet

Methodology

Division of territory in

governorates

Bibliographical

research

Field survey

Sites

Number of sites with mosaics and sheets filled by the project for each site

Governorate Nr. of sites Nr. of sheets

Jenin 5 7

Tulkarem 2 4

Nablus 11 28

Ramallah 13 30

East Jerusalem 23 50

Jericho 26 88

Bethlehem 16 54

Hebron 4 10

Total 100 271

Site culture

Pagan, 7%

Jewish, 5%

Christian, 86%

Muslim, 2%

Historical periods of the mosaics

Hellenistic, 1% Roman,

7%

Byzantine, 86%

Umayyad, 4%

Crusader, 2%

History of discovery

Unknown, 11% always

known, 1%

Ottoman Empire until

1917, 7%

British Mandate

1917-1948,

20%

Jordanian rule 1948-67, 23%

Israeli Occupation

1967 -

1994, 34%

Palestinian Authority

1994 up to

date, 4%

Khirbet, 9

Tell, 6

Monastery, 15

Church, 7

Synagogue,

2

Palace & Villa, 3

Type of site with mosaic

Architectural context

20

74

5 411

51

13

1 1 1 3 1 20

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Current location

In situ on display,

37%

In situ covered,

26%

Lifted and displayed

in museum,

1%

Destroyed, 1%

Unknown, 35%

Decorative Motifs

01020304050607080 78

1 4 2 616

1 4 3 1 4 3 1 1 1

1610

Key: A: Animal; G: Geometric; H: Human: O: Object;

Pl: Plain; V: Vegetal; U: Unknown

Language of inscription

Greek, 67%

Hebrew-Aramaic,

10%

Latin, 14%

Syriac, 3%

Georgian, 3% Arabic,

3%

Technique

opus sectile

opus tesselatum

Materials and colours

General feature

Complete, 15%

Incomplete, 24%

More than one part,

3%

Fragmented, 13%

Destroyed, 1%

Unknown, 44%

Present conservation condition

Very stable, 3%

Stable, 20%

Deteriorated, 11%

Destroyed, 3%

Unknown, 63%

Recording and Documentation Jericho Governorate

Ownership

Public, 19%

Private, 12%

Ecclesiastic, 40%

Unknown, 29%

Public

Private

Ecclesiastic

Unknown

Management

Yes, 55%

No, 45%

Yes

No