Pompeii Casts. Victim 12, a supine man, found Late 19th or early 20th century?

It is not possible to recognise the date and place of find from the archive documentation due to the heavy restoration carried out in the past.

The restoration techniques previously used are those of the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.

See Osanna, N., Capurso, A., e Masseroli, S. M., 2021. I Calchi di Pompei da Giuseppe Fiorelli ad oggi: Studi e Ricerche del PAP 46, p. 344-5, Calco n. 12.

Victim 12. 2015, during restoration.

There were possible traces of fabric on the stomach and waist, perhaps tightened by a belt.

It is not possible to recognize the cast among those known from the archive documentation, perhaps also due to the heavy reconstructive restoration interventions it underwent, but in terms of technical details it would seem close to those made between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century.

The victim is an adult male, over 20 years old.

See Osanna, N., Capurso, A., e Masseroli, S. M., 2021. I Calchi di Pompei da Giuseppe Fiorelli ad oggi: Studi e Ricerche del PAP 46, p. 344-5, Calco n. 12.

Victim 12. May 2011. Plaster cast of body in the Forum Granary Store VII.7.29. Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.

Victim 12. May 2006. Plaster cast of body in the Forum Granary Store VII.7.29.

Victim 12. October 2001. Plaster cast of body in the Forum Granary Store VII.7.29. Photo courtesy of Peter Woods.