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Thispaperdiscussestheroleandoverlappingmeaningoftwokeythemespersistenwt ithintheOmanidecorativetraditions,tars anddatepalms,byfocusingonthedecoratedprayerniches(mahãrfbs,g.mihrãbo) fOman.Italso addressesthecloseconnection betweenconceptionosftopographiynOmanicultureandthearticulatioonfthresholdbs,othsacredanddomesticT. hepaperargues thatan attempttoconnectthecelestialandphysicaltopographicconceptiontshatis attheheartofthecomplexwaterdistribution strategyoftheaflãjirrigatiosnystemalso prevailsin themihrãbT. he Ibadï artisanof Omanintegraterdepresentatioonfsboth continuouasndinstantaneoutismeemployintgheendlessknotandstellarmotifsE.mphasizingthesacrednatureoftimeandlightas divineattributeosressenceofGod,themihrãbsoughttorepresenatcelestialtopographyw,hichwas madepossiblethroughIbadï analogicalinterpretatioonfsanthropomorphiisnmtheQurDanandan expandinginfluencoefmysticismamongstOmanischolars. Omanimihrãband doordecorationshowsa close affinitbyetweenstellarand date-palmrepresentationtsh,elatteralso heldin sacredesteeminOman.Theaflãjirrigatiosnystemoncedependedsignificantolyn thepositionofstarsinthenightskytoensure thedistributioonfwaterT. heinterchangeabrlepresentatiosunggestsa conflatioonftheterrestritaolpographoyftheoasisandthe celestialtopographyTh. ehorizonmediatedthisrelationshipac,tingas a thresholtdhroughwhichthecelestialbodieshadtopassto be meaningfulalyssociatedwiththeterrestritaolpographyA.ppearingas woventapestrieosrboundedspatialrepresentationbso,th themihrãbandtheOmanidoorwaydecorationmarka thresholidnthesacredandsecularpassage.