I.11.5 Pompeii. Casa di Lucius Habonius Primus or Casa di Lollius Synhodus.

First excavated in 1913. Finally excavated in 1960. Linked to I.11.8.

(Originally when excavated, this was numbered as Reg. II, Insula 1, no.5).

I.11.5 Pompeii, on left. December 2018.

Looking south towards entrance doorway on Via dell’Abbondanza. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.

I.11.5 Pompeii. May 2005. Entrance.

I.11.5 Pompeii. December 2007. Entrance.

According to Della Corte, to the left of the doorway to number 5, above the appropriate coat of whitewash covering the bare brickwork of the façade, an interesting electoral programma written in black was found –

L(ucium) Popidium Secundum

aed(ilem) o(ro) v(os) f(aciatis) Lollius Synhodus cliens rog(at) scr(ipsit) Papilio      [CIL IV 7418]

See Notizie degli Scavi di Antichità, 1913, p.412.

See Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby (www.manfredclauss.de).

See Della Corte, M., 1965. Case ed Abitanti di Pompei. Napoli: Fausto Fiorentino. (p.343)

I.11.5 Pompeii. December 2007.Looking south along entrance corridor.

I.11.5 Pompeii. September 2004. Fauces leading to atrium.

I.11.5 Pompeii. December 2007. West wall of fauces or entrance corridor.

I.11.5 Pompeii. December 2007. East wall of fauces or entrance corridor, looking south across the atrium.

I.11.5 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking south across the atrium.

In 1960 a ring seal in bronze with a trident relief with the name L. Habonius Primus on the opposite rectangular space, was found in the atrium.

According to Stefani, the correct name for the house should be “Casa di L. Habonius Primus”.

See Stefani G. in Guzzo, P. (A cura di), 2006. Argenti a Pompei. Milano, Electa. (p. 151-2).

I.11.5 Pompeii. December 2007. South wall.

I.11.5 Pompeii. December 2007. South-east corner.

I.11.5 Pompeii. December 2007. Wall in south-west corner of atrium, with garden at rear.

I.11.5/8 Pompeii. 1961.

Looking north across garden area, towards doorway to the tablinum, centre, and window to triclinium, on right. 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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I.11.5 Pompeii. Silver found in south-east corner of the atrium. A simpulum, to left rear, Inventory number 12814.

Skyphos (cup). SAP Inventory number 12813. Skyphos (cup). SAP Inventory number 12812.

I.11.5 Pompeii. Square glass bottle with round neck, flared rim and with handle. It was used for oil.

Inside was found a yellow coloured solid. Tests showed this was oil. 

Now in Boscoreale Antiquarium. SAP Inventory number 12821.

See Cibi e Sapori a Pompei e Dintorni, exhibition catalogue from Boscoreale Antiquarium, 2005, (p. 89, No. 105).