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… We must now turn to the interpretation of the mosaic floors. There are four main [handwritten: xx] divisions of the mosaic floors: one in the entrance room (19); one in the frigidarium (39); one in the inner court (13-17), on the east side, room (49), on the south side, room (63), on the west side, room (49) The fourth and last main division is the large square room (52) directly east of the room (49) east of the inner court (13-17). Of these four divisions, interpretation must begin with the mosaic [handwritten: 1 of room (49)] in the inner court (13-17), for this mosaic, there one on the east side of the inner court (13-17), for this mosaic, there are not only seven pictures of birds, each of a different species and two of fishes, but also, three large inscriptions. Of these inscriptions, one is completely preserved; of the third, over half is lost. The mosaics in the other rooms are, in comparison, almost featureless. In the frigidarium, (39), three out of the four panels, are, except for one small frame enclosing a bird, merely geometric patterns. In the fourth panel, the northernmost, is a large figure, identified as such by the word KT1615, the only inscription of this floor. Of course, in the destroyed center panel of the southernmost panel, there may have been a picture or even an inscription, but if there was, it must have been small in relation to the surrounding area. In the entrance room (19), the mosaic is, except for a wreath about in the center of the room, purely geometric. The wreath encloses a short inscription. The mosaics on the west (10) and
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain