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The Boscoreale Treasure is the name for a large collection of luxury Roman objects discovered in the ruins of an ancient villa at Boscoreale, near Pompeii, southern Italy. Consisting of over a hundred pieces of silverware, as well as gold coins and jewellery, it is now mostly kept at the Louvre Museum in Paris, although parts of the treasure can also be found at the British Museum.〔(British Museum Collection )〕 ==History== Located northwest of Pompeii, Boscoreale was the location of an important Roman villa that was destroyed and buried by volcanic ash following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. On April 13, 1895, the remains of a vaulted box containing the treasure was discovered in the wine-pressing room of the villa. The vaulted box contained silver tableware consisting of 102 items and leather bag full of coins to the value of a thousand gold aurei . It is assumed that the objects were intentionally hidden in the storehouse before the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79. The last owner of the silver set was probably a woman named Maxima – a name written on many of the vessels. Many items of precious metal were abandoned in Pompeii and its surrounding area by their owners as they attempted to flee the destruction. The villa was unearthed during several archaeological seasons, confirming the archaeological hypothesis of a villa rustica covering 1000 square meters with clearly defined residential sector and farm buildings. Most of the Boscoreale Treasure was illicitly trafficked out of Italy and was later purchased by Baron Edmond de Rothschild. The Boscoreale treasure was purchased by Baron Edmond de Rothschild, who donated it to the Louvre Museum in 1896. Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild (19 August 1845 – 2 November 1934) was a French member of the Rothschild banking family. Given the number of the items, their weight over 30 kg, their technical quality and aesthetic value, the silver set from Boscoreale is among the most important and most prestigious sets of this period. There are thirty items presented in the "Silver from the Louvre. Boscoreale Treasure" exhibition at the Louvre Museum in Paris, and all of the items at the Louvre Museum are part of the original set. The treasure on display is vessels for eating and drinking, complemented by a pair of gold earrings. The world-famous "Africa" is among them. The finds impress with their exquisite craftsmanship and are valuable source for the cultural development during the Roman period. Maxima is the name is inscribed on many of the vessels from the treasure. Unfortunately, there is still no definitive answer to the question of whether the woman near which the vaulted box was found is Maxima. It is assumed that the owner of the villa and the entire property is L. Caecilius lucundus, a banker from Pompeii, who inherited the wealth of the Julio-Claudian dynasty in Campania, and that he was the father of Maxima. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boscoreale Treasure」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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