2nd Room on Northern Side of Ovoid Porch (49)
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Publication Date
10-8-2025
Abstract
This rectangular room could have been frequented by guests or by the staff of the large estates who did not have access to the main rooms of the domus. It was used to lay down clothes before entering the triclinium, as a secondary refreshment place, or to sleep in. The mosaic depicts cupids cutting grapes in a field. They are surrounded by thick vegetation, and adorned with necklaces, bracelets, and armillas. They can be seen cutting the grapes with a billhook, or filling baskets full of berries. Their foreheads, marked by a “V” or a “U”, put them in relation with contemporary examples of the Tetrarchic period. The older figure within a wave frame has his head surrounded by a branch of vine leaves. On the still visible piece of mosaic, he wears a hazelnut-colored cloak and has a gnarled cane.
Model Creation Date
02/01/2022
Alt Text
A three-dimensional model of a square-shaped, stone room with an extensive tile mosaic covering its floor. Time and erosion have destroyed or dislodged about half of the mosaic's tiles and only very minimal fragments of the room's fresco wall paintings remain. The room has only one central entryway. The 3D model can be freely moved, rotated, and zoomed in and out, allowing the viewer to inspect the object with greater detail and from multiple different angles.
Extent
1 3D Model
Media Type
Models (Representations); Renderings (Drawings)
Digitization Specifications
Method: Agisoft Metashape
Processing Software
Agisoft Metashape
Download Size
23MB
Geometry
136.5k Triangles
Format
Digital Only
Materials
1
Rigged Geometries
No
Scale Transformations
No
Textures
1
UV Layers
Yes
Vertex Colors
No
Vertices
69k
Recommended Citation
USF Institute for Digital Exploration, "2nd Room on Northern Side of Ovoid Porch (49)" (2025). Villa del Casale Mosaics. 24.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/idex_casale/24
