Regio VIII, Insula 5 (West)
Length of block – 51.49 m
West side street – Vicolo dei 12 Dei (3.00 m wide)
East side street – Unnamed street (3.31 m wide)
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Doorway | Excavation Date(s) [1] |
Function [2] |
Name [2] |
VIII, 5, 1 | 1819 | Shop - dyer | None |
VIII, 5, 2 | 1840, 1881, 1943 | Atrium House | House of the Cock House of the Cock Painting House of the Oscan family Aadirans? House of the Emperor Francesco Giuseppe House of Ero and Leandro |
VIII, 5, 3 | 1840, 1881, 1943 | Shop | None |
VIII, 5, 4 | 1841 | Shop | None |
VIII, 5, 5 | 1840, 1881, 1943 | Atrium House Private Bath |
House of Ero and Leandro |
VIII, 5, 6 | 1841 | Shop House |
House of the Doctor |
VIII, 5, 7 | 1841 | Shop | None |
VIII, 5, 8 | 1841, 1862, 1881, 1943 | Shop | None |
VIII, 5, 9 | 1841, 1862, 1881, 1943 | Atrium House | House of the Judgement of Solomon House of a ceramic wholesaler |
VIII, 5, 10 | 1841 | Workshop and/or shop - olive oil Shop - food and drinks? |
House of the Emperor Francesco II |
VIII, 5, 11 | 1841, 1862, 1881, 1943 | Shop | None |
[1] Excavation dates have been transcribed from Gebäudeverzeichnis und Stadtplan der antiken Stadt POMPEJI by Liselotte Eschebach and Jürgen Müller-Trollius (Köln: Böhlau Verlag, 1993).
[2] The functions and names of the individual buildings are taken from a Catalogue of the Names of the Structures Along Via dell’Abbondanza, which was compiled by the authors. This information was obtained from seven authorities on Pompeii that are described in the Names Catalogue section of this website. The original source material for this insula can be found in the table entitled Names - South Side. Similar entries have been condensed or combined and Italian, Latin and German terms have been translated into English.