Herẓliyya, 5th century CE. Mosaic floor. Dedication.
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Taxonomies for IIP controlled values
ΗΜΟΝΑΡΧΙΚΗΕΞΟΥϹΙΑ
ΕΛΕΗϹΗΤΑΠΙΝΟΥϹ
ΚΑΙΕΛΑΙΕΙΝΟΥϹΚΑΜΟ
ΤΑϹΕΝΤΩΔΕΤΩΟΙΚΩ
Ἡ μοναρχικὴ ἐξουσία
ἐλεήσῃ ταπ
καὶ ἐλ
τας ἐν τῷδε τῷ οἴκῳ
May the sovereign power have mercy upon the lowly and miserable men who have labored in this house.
A somewhat different translation of the last phrase of the inscription, ἐν τῷδε τῷ οἴκῳ, could be “in this room” rather than “in this house,” with a specific reference to the laying of the mosaic floor in the triclinium of the villa