The Mshatta Palace,never completed,has a rich ornamental frieze with animal figures appearing on some of the triangles.However no animal figures appear on the façade that correspond to the mosque's qibla wall.Why is the animal figuration absent from this section of the frieze?
A) The representation of fauna on palace walls is minimal.
B) The representation of fauna on desert palace walls is minimal.
C) The palace is unfinished, possibly the frieze was yet to be completed.
D) The representation of fauna in a sacred place is prohibited.
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