Thanks to a long history and a continuous archaeological activity, Jordan provides complementary aspects about the development of wall paintings and stuccoworks in the Middle East. Around sixteen sites of the classical period offer examples preserved in situ on stone walls or on rocky surfaces, in hypogea, at floor level or higher up, for example on a cliff. Beside a variety of decorations from the Hellenistic structural style to Roman figurative compositions (best preserved in funerary context), it is interesting to point out the presence of painted or engraved inscriptions. The tradition dates back to the 8th century BC (Aramaic) and continued until the Umayyad caliphate (8th century AD, in Cufic Arabic and Greek). An evolution of the usages can be seen, from paganism to Christian and Muslim beliefs, considering that at the beginning of the Islamic period, there is a renewal of Graeco-Roman inspiration, with Umayyad composed life-size scenes, some of them with Greek inscriptions. The paper will focus on key examples from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD. Through their analysis, archaeology in Jordan offers a large perspective to answer to the colloquium topic Provincias – Status quaestionis. The main issue is the cultural difference between the Kingdom periods (the Arab-Nabataean and Hellenistic ones) and the Roman Empire.