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‘Atiqot 110 (2023)
ISBN 2948-040X
A Byzantine-Period Villa at Herẓliyya Bet, in the Southern Sharon Plain
(pp. 337–356)
Itai Elad
Keywords: southern Sharon plain, villa suburbana, Samaritan, Greek, epigraphy
A unique Byzantine-period villa unearthed in Herẓliyya was identified as a luxurious country residential complex. Based on the inscription set in the mosaic floor of the triclinium, and the small finds, it is suggested to date the villa to the fifth century CE. The architectural style indicates that it belonged to a wealthy owner, perhaps a Samaritan, due to the presence of a
miqweh
and the absence of figurative images in the mosaic.