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A mural depicting a dancer
(لوحة جدارية تمثل صورة راقصة)

Title	A mural depicting a dancer
Title Original	لوحة جدارية تمثل صورة راقصة
Publication Date:	The first half of the 2nd century AH/8AD AD
Subject	Fresco/Fresco.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Record ID	object;ISL;jo;Mus01_H;48;ar
Library Location	Qusair Amra, Jordan
Date	The first half of the 2nd century AH/8AD AD
Notes	The piece is a fresco painting located in the first room of the bathroom designated for changing clothes. The barrel vault of the chamber was divided into rhombic frames that were filled in different shapes. In one of these frames there is a picture of a woman wearing a long red dress that reaches to her feet. She raises her arms and slightly bows her head, suggesting a dancing movement. The dancer faces a flute player. There is another image in the interior of the western arch in the reception hall, which represents a semi-naked dancer in an active movement reminiscent of the dancers who accompanied the ceremonial processions of the god of wine, Dionysus.
Sample Text	Ghazi Bisheh “Fresco representing a dancer” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;jo;Mus01_H;48;ar

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A mural depicting a dancer

(لوحة جدارية تمثل صورة راقصة)

Publication Date The first half of the 2nd century AH/8AD AD

Subject Fresco/Fresco.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Record ID object;ISL;jo;Mus01_H;48;ar

Library Location Qusair Amra, Jordan

Date The first half of the 2nd century AH/8AD AD

Notes The piece is a fresco painting located in the first room of the bathroom designated for changing clothes. The barrel vault of the chamber was divided into rhombic frames that were filled in different shapes. In one of these frames there is a picture of a woman wearing a long red dress that reaches to her feet. She raises her arms and slightly bows her head, suggesting a dancing movement. The dancer faces a flute player. There is another image in the interior of the western arch in the reception hall, which represents a semi-naked dancer in an active movement reminiscent of the dancers who accompanied the ceremonial processions of the god of wine, Dionysus.

Sample Text Ghazi Bisheh “Fresco representing a dancer” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;jo;Mus01_H;48;ar