57. Boscoreale,
Villa Regina. Villa
excavated 1977-80.
Surrounding land excavated 1980, 1982 and 1983.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. May 2006.
Looking along south portico VII of room I, peristyle courtyard, towards cistern area V.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. December 2006. Cistern area V at end of portico VII, with window from room Vbis, on right.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. December 2006. Room V. Cistern area.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. December 2006. Window into room Vbis, cubiculum, looking south-east.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. December 2006. Looking south along corridor XI towards cubiculum XVI.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. Decorated clay oil lamp found in a cubiculum. Now in Boscoreale Antiquarium.
Villa Regina,
Boscoreale. Above, no.4, terracotta one-handled lamp.
April 2017. Photo
courtesy of Adrian Hielscher.
Villa
Regina, Boscoreale, (from
information card) –
The
terracotta lamps found in the villa are of a one handled type, with a beak from which the flame shone. On the bronze support
would have leaned the lamp.
A
lamp, which bears a cross sign on the external base, documents the human
presence in the area of the villa after the eruption
of 79AD.
Le Lucerne fittili rinvenuti nella villa sono di
tipo monolicne, ad un becco da cui fuoriusciva la fiamma. Sul sostegno di
bronzo veniva poggiata la lucerna.
Una lucerna, che reca sul fondo esterno un segno a
croce, documenta la presenza umana nell’area della villa dopo l’eruzione del
79AD.
No.3 (not
photographed). A bronze support for a lamp, found in room 2, dateable from Ist century AD.
Nos. 4-6.
One-handled lamps, made of terracotta, dateable from 1st century AD.
No.7 (not
photographed). A one-handled lamp, made of terracotta, dateable from II to IV
century AD.
Villa Regina,
Boscoreale. No.5, terracotta one-handled lamp. April 2017. Photo courtesy of Adrian
Hielscher.
Villa Regina,
Boscoreale. No.6, terracotta one-handled lamp. April 2017. Photo courtesy of Adrian
Hielscher.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. May 2006. Looking north along west side of portico VII.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. July 2010. Room I, looking south along west side of portico VII.
Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. December 2006. Portico VII, looking south-east across cella vinaria room I.
18 dolia at Villa Regina, Boscoreale. May 2006. Room I, cella vinaria.
After the grapes were pressed, the juice of the grapes was fermented in these dolia embedded in the courtyard.
According to the Boscoreale Antiquarium, this villa was used exclusively for the production of wine.
This is shown by the presence of a torcularium and a cella vinaria.
Paleo-botanic research has shown the presence of a vineyard which has today been replanted.
18 dolia at Villa Regina, Boscoreale. December 2006. Room I, looking north-east across cella vinaria.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. July 2010. Room I, looking north-east. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. July 2010. Room I, looking south across dolia. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. April 2018. Boscoreale
museum wine storage jar, (dolia).
Photo courtesy of Ian Lycett-King. Use is subject to Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License v.4 International.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. December 2006. Room I, trough between pillars in south-east corner near cistern area V.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. December 2006. Looking west across room IX, calcatorium at the front, towards room IXbis, torcularium at the rear.
The calcatorium is the area where grapes were trodden prior to a final pressing with the torcularium or wine press.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. May 2006. Plaster cast of remains of wine press, or torcularium.
Villa Regina, Boscoreale. May 2006. Room IX, calcatorium south end.