Pompeii Casts. Victim 49 found at the bottom of the stairs of the House of Fabius Rufus in November 1961.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking out from staircase, onto a garden area.
A plaster cast of a victim is still at the foot of the stairs.
Victim 49. VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking down the stairs towards a plaster cast of body lying at foot of staircase.
Four people met their death in this house, three of them died huddled together on this staircase.
They were discovered in November 1961. It was possible to make casts of the group of three.
A copy of the plaster cast of the lowest of the three bodies remains where it was discovered.
The fourth skeleton was lying on the landing at the bottom of the stairs but only a photo remains of this skeleton.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. May 2006.
Looking up towards the stairs where a group of fugitives were found, and where victim 49 still lies at the foot of staircase.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. 1961. Casts of three victims at the base of the stairs as shown on Boscoreale Antiquarium information board.
Victim 49 is at the bottom, Calco H is above
and Victim 48 is at the top.
Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
Victim 49 is a male of over 20 years of age.
There are folds of clothing in the cast of the left leg.
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, p434, Calco n. 49.
Victim 49. VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. May 2006. Plaster cast of lowest victim lying at foot of staircase.
The right side of the victim is on the first, lowest step of the stairs.
The left leg, left arm and the head are on the second step and the left hand is on the third step.
Overall, the cast does not provide any anatomical details.
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, p434-5, Calco n. 49.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. May 2012. Plaster cast of victim 49 at foot of staircase. Photo courtesy of Marina Fuxa.