Below are two ways in which it shows GREEK influence !
#typography #lettering #roman abc #greekscript
ONE the lettering style and shapes
Yes this is Latin and the Roman Alphabet we use but look carefully at the letter shapes particularly the A and the final S. Does this remind you of #GreekUncial ?
#palaeography #epigraphy
and the god shown is #Hermes / #Mercury whose mother was #MAIA
Why is May named after a goddess?
Consider the legends the Romans had about a group of Arcadians and their king migrating into Latium and their belief they and the Greeks worshipped the same gods?
Finally I also wonder if the designer of this mosaic was possibly a Greek living in or visiting North Africa. It's been counted to between the 3rd and 4th century A.D.
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