Herculaneum Ins. Orientalis I.1. Casa della Gemma or House of the Gem.
Excavated 1934-35.
Looking from south end of Cardo V towards Terrace area
of House of the Gem.
Cardo V Inferiore, Herculaneum, September 2015. Looking south towards tunnel/slope leading to ancient seafront.
The terrace of the House of the Gem is in the upper left of the photo.
Cardo V Inferiore, Herculaneum. March 2014.
Looking south towards tunnel/slope leading to ancient seafront.
Foto Annette
Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Cardo V, Herculaneum. March 2014. Looking south towards tunnel/slope leading to ancient seafront.
The terrace of the House of the Gem is in the upper left of the photo.
Foto Annette
Haug, ERC Grant 681269 DÉCOR
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Terrace on west end of south side, with room 8 in centre, looking north from access roadway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Looking north-west towards remains of Diaeta 12 (grassed area on lower left) onto loggia (lower centre and right).
Across the centre is the Terrace area, with remains of room 8, centre right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum, 1957. The terrace of the House of the Gem can be seen on the right of the photo.
The House of the Stags is on the left of the photo, above the terrace of Balbus. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum, 1961.
Looking north-west across the terrace of the House of the Gem. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum, 1961.
Looking west across the terrace of the House of the Gem. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Looking towards south side of House of the Gem, from south-east corner of access roadway.
Ins. Orientalis
I.1, Herculaneum, June 2019.
Looking north-west from access roadway
towards upper rooms belonging to the House of the Gem.
The lower floor rooms opening into a corridor are now regarded as part of Ins. Orientalis I.1a.
The corridor would have been below the loggia
of the House of the Gem, above it. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum, August 2013.
Looking north-west from access roadway, across the roof of “the tower room” of Ins. Orientalis I. 2, towards the south end of the House of the Gem (upper floor). The doorways on the lower area are now regarded as part of Ins. Orientalis I.1a. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum, 7th August 1976.
Looking north from access roadway towards the south end of the House of the Gem (upper floor).
The doorways on the lower area are now regarded as part of Ins. Orientalis I.1a.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.
Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum, October 2023.
Looking north from access roadway towards the south end of the House of the Gem (upper floor).
On the left is Cardo V with the main entrance doorway.
Lower left are the remains of Diaeta 12, with a doorway onto the loggia, now collapsed.
On the right is the doorway into room 6, also opening onto the loggia. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023. Photo taken from access roadway.
Looking north at west end, on the left is the ruined Diaeta 12 opening onto the collapsed loggia.
Behind them are the terrace area, and ruined rooms 8 and 7. The room with flat roof in shadow is the kitchen.
The unroofed room on the right of the kitchen is room 3, not yet photographed. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023. Looking north from access roadway
In the centre is the doorway to room 6 which would have opened onto the now collapsed loggia, above the rooms of Ins. Or. I.1a below.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum, May 2005.
Room 6, the flooring in white mosaic with black stripes has at its centre a large rectangular panel divided into 20 squares of various and elegant geometric designs around a central decoration of a rose ornament. Photo courtesy of Nicolas Monteix.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Looking north towards doorway to room 6, centre left, and doorway to corridor leading to atrium, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Looking north to doorway from collapsed loggia, to corridor leading to atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum,
June 2019.
Looking
north across loggia, now fallen, towards doorway to corridor leading to atrium,
with garden area on right. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum,
June 2019. Sundial
in garden area. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Looking north towards corridor, with remains of room 9, in centre, and room 10, on right, with painted decoration, and window onto garden.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Remains of room 9, centre left, and room 10, centre right, with painted decoration, and window onto garden. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Room 10, painted decoration in north-east corner, and window into garden. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023. Room 10 on right, with window onto garden.
The top right of the photo is the peristyle of Ins. Or. I.2, House of Telephus Relief. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Looking north-west across garden area towards doorway into atrium, with room 5, top right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. June 2019.
Looking north-west from access roadway, across
garden area towards triclinium 5, centre right. Photo
courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Looking north-west from access roadway, across garden area towards atrium. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum, August 2013.
Looking north-west from access roadway, across garden area towards atrium and triclinium 5. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Ins. Orientalis I.1,
Herculaneum. 4th
December 1971.
Looking north-west from access roadway into rear garden of the House of Gem, on left.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer, from Dr George Fay’s slides collection.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Looking north-west from access roadway towards room 6, with room m, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum, August 2013.
Looking west from access roadway towards the south side of the rear of the House of the Gem. This large room is room 6.
On the right, behind the tree-trunk is room m. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Looking towards exterior east wall of room 6, corridor from collapsed loggia, across centre, leading to room m, on right.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Looking west towards corridor from collapsed loggia, with room m, centre right, and doorway to atrium, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Looking west towards room m, with window from room 4, in west wall. Room 4 has not been photographed yet.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Looking north-west from garden area towards atrium, with room 5, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Looking north-west from garden area towards atrium, with room 5, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Looking north-west from garden area towards atrium, with room 5, on right. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Orientalis I.1 and 2, Herculaneum. August 2013. Looking west across garden area, from access roadway.
In the left-hand upper corner, is the doorway of room 5, leading into the atrium of Ins. Or. I.1
Looking west across the tablinum of Ins. Or. I, 2 towards atrium, on right.
The room with the orange-coloured wall belongs to Ins. Or. I. 2, as do all the other rooms and gardens on the lower side of the photo.
Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum, August 2013. Looking west across garden area, with room 5 on its right, with doorway into atrium.
The room with the orange-coloured wall belongs to Ins. Or. I. 2. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum, September 2019.
Looking west towards atrium, with garden on left, and room 5 leading into atrium, on right.
Photo taken from access roadway. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. June 2012.
Looking west across room 5, leading into the atrium, taken from corridor in Ins.Or.1.2. This room was probably a triclinium.
In the middle of the floor was a rectangular emblema in fine opus sectile of polychrome marble set around a central circular disc of red marble.
Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023. Room 5,
looking towards north wall. Taken from access roadway.
The
room in the upper right is part of Ins. Or. I,2, the House of Telephus Relief.
Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Or. I.1, Herculaneum. October 2023.
Room
5, looking towards lower north-west corner with remaining painted decoration. Photo
courtesy of Klaus Heese.
Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum, May 2001.
Looking north-west from access roadway, towards the south end of the House of the Gem (upper floor), on left.
The doorways on the lower area are now regarded as part of Ins. Orientalis I.1a.
On the right is the
garden area and southern rooms of Ins. Or. I.2, House of Telephus Relief. Photo
courtesy of Current Archaeology.
Rear views, looking west from access roadway.
Ins. Or. I.1 Herculaneum. Photo taken between October 2014 and November 2019.
Looking west from access roadway towards re-roofed atrium and rear garden of the House of Gem, in centre. Photo courtesy of Giuseppe Ciaramella.
Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum, May 2001.
Looking west from
access roadway into rear garden of the House of Gem, on left. Photo courtesy of Current Archaeology.
Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum, 1957.
Looking west from access roadway into rear garden of the House of Gem, on left. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Ins. Orientalis I.1, Herculaneum, August 2013.
Looking south-west from access roadway, at the rear of the House of the Gem and its garden. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.