THE PORTRAYAL OF DAILY LIFE – HARVEST OF FRUITS AND TRANSPORT (MOUNT NEBO-JORDAN)

Abstract

The site of the Mount Nebo-Madaba area has two main locations are included a scenes of a Portrayal of daily life- harvest of fruits and transport in mosaic pavements from Byzantine period. The first one is in Uyun Musa and the second from in the Mukhayyat area both located near the springs. This area very important, the artist made him work from the scenes of agriculture daily life. The study will examine here a selection of visual arts in order to detect certain important aspects of ancient society in Jordan from the Byzantine era, such as scenes of Portraits of the harvest of fruits and transport. The study wishes to found that the respective artist was able to implement his drawings on those floors in accordance with the principles and rules relating to the technical work. This led to a highlighting of the aesthetic side of these works, where in the images depart from the war iconoclasms during the 8th century AD, frequently found in some of the churches in the region. Additionally, the artist was able through these scenes to give an idea of some of the devastation suffered by farm animals and trees and fruits during attacks on agricultural lands. These scenes are an important historical document of the daily lives of members of Byzantine society, especially given the scarcity of records documenting daily life during this period.