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House of the Gem

a Pleiades place resource

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The so-called House of the Gem at Herculaneum was once linked to the House of the Relief of Telephus when Marcus Nonius Balbus owned the complex. After the Augustan period, the two domus were separated and the House of the Gem was restored following the earthquake of A.D. 62.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/757666490

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.8053044621, 14.3470577414

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of House of the Gem (AD 1 - AD 99) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Casa della Gemma (Italian, AD 1900 - AD 2099)

House of the Gem makes connections with:

House of the Gem located at Herculaneum (unspecified date range)

House of the Gem receives connections from:

None

Place type:
townhouse

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See Further:

Wikipedia (Italian) Casa della Gemma

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'House of the Gem: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/757666490> [accessed: 20 March 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/757666490 |title=Places: 757666490 (House of the Gem) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=March 20, 2025 11:16 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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