In the summer of 2025, I observed and created database entries for all extant lock components and keys from Insula I Regio 10 (I.10) in Pompeii, IT. I added 178 entries to my database, recording information such as weight, measurements, and signs of use-wear, as well as taking detailed photographs of each object. The data collected will be used in two chapters of my dissertation which focuses on the intersection between slavery and security in Pompeian houses.
The Pompeii Artifact Life History Project (PALHIP) carried out its tenth and final fieldwork season at Pompeii (Napoli), Italy, between June 30 and July 27, 2024.
The PALHIP team, which consisted of four persons (Ted Peña, Aaron Brown, Susanna Faas-Bush, Francesca LaPasta), completed its description of the portable artifacts recovered in the various residences in the block identified as Regio I, Insula 11 (I.11 in the Pompeii address system), expanding its coverage to include the items from residences I.11.11, I.11.12, I.11.13, I.11.14, I.11.15.9 and I.11.16.
