Greeting Card | Mosaic at Khirbet El-Mafjar, 734 CE
Greeting Card | Mosaic at Khirbet El-Mafjar, 734 CE
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A blank A6 greeting card with a print of a Palestinian History Tapestry embroidery panel depicting mosaics at Khirbet El-Mafjar, Jericho. The mosaics were built in 734 CE by the Umayyad Caliph Hisham bin Abdul Malek (724-743 CE), are fine examples of Umayyad period art. All of the mosaics are of very high quality. The most famous depicts the “tree of life”, in the diwan of the bath complex.
The card comes with a blank white envelope and a cellophane sleeve.
Source of image: Mosaic at Khirbet El Mafdjar
Embroidery: Basma Al-Natoor [Samaria], Ain al-Hilweh, Lebanon