Courtyard with Portico Entrance (11 a - d)
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Publication Date
10-8-2025
Abstract
This space’s shape is reminiscent of a large pentagon with an irregular perimeter. It has a roofless courtyard in the central part and is covered with white limestone slabs that are square or rectangular in shape. Only a few traces remain of the pavement on the south and east sides, but the semicircular fountains to the north and the square fountain in the center remain. The center fountain is lined in white marble, with part of the foundational cocciopesto preserved. Its drainage waters had to flow into the drain placed on its southern side. The surviving mosaic floor of the portico shows a motif of two-colored scales.
Model Creation Date
02/01/2022
Alt Text
A three-dimensional model of the exterior courtyard and entrance to a large, ancient Roman estate. The inner part of the courtyard is encircled by eleven decorative pillars, two of which sit atop small plinths flanking either side of a small staircase that presumably leads to an entrance of some kind. A sidewalk or other walkway was once decorated entirely by a tile mosaic, but only very small portions of the red, white, and black or green tiling remains. A square shape at the center of the courtyard is seen situated next to a small drain, implying this may have once been the base of a fountain. 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
56MB
Geometry
218.9k Triangles
Format
Digital Only
Materials
1
Rigged Geometries
No
Scale Transformations
No
Textures
1
UV Layers
Yes
Vertex Colors
No
Vertices
111.3k
Recommended Citation
USF Institute for Digital Exploration, "Courtyard with Portico Entrance (11 a - d)" (2025). Villa del Casale Mosaics. 5.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/idex_casale/5
