Pompeii Casts. Victim 64 found outside the Porta Nola between the 28th of July and the 2nd of August 1978.
NGOF Pompeii. 1979. Plan of location of 15 bodies found by the tomb of Obellius Firmus. Plan after Stefano De Caro.
See De Caro S.,
1979. Scavi nell’area fuori Porta
Nola a Pompei: Cronache Pompeiane V, (p. 62, fig. 1).
Victim 64 is number 15 as shown on Foto Archivio PAP, D 55916.
Victim 64. Location of casts from Porta
Nola. The location of victim 64, number 15 on the De Caro plan is not shown.
(a) Original position
of some of the studied Porta Nola casts (#57, #62, #58, #54, #55). (b) Map of
Pompeii. (c) Detail of casts discovery area (I: Burials of Praetorians; II:
Modern Masonries; III: Tomb of Obellius Firmus; IV: Porta Nola; V: Leakpan; VI: Tomb of Esquilia
Polla; VII: Anonymous Tomb).
Photo courtesy of The Casts of Pompeii Project. Use
subject to CC BY 4.0 Deed
See Alapont L, Gallello G,
Martinón-Torres M, Osanna M, Amoretti V, Chenery S,
et al. (2023) The casts of Pompeii: Post-depositional methodological
insights. PLoS ONE 18(8): e0289378, Fig 1. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289378
Victim 64. Cast of victim found outside the Porta Nola between the 28th of July and the 2nd of August 1978.
Photographed in the Piazza Anfiteatro display area May 2018. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Victim 64 is a male, probably aged 13 to 19 years.
The body was found outside the Porta Nola, near the tomb of M. Obellius Firmus, between the 28th of July and the 2nd of August 1978.
The imprint of the clothing is distinguishable on the left side and perhaps
on the legs.
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. 469-471, Calco n. 64.
Victim 64. Found outside the Porta Nola between the 28th of July and the 2nd of August 1978. Detail of head.
Photographed in the Piazza Anfiteatro display area, May 2018. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.
Victim 64. Cast before restoration in 2015. Photo
courtesy of Stephen Kay.
Victim 59. Cast, numbered as #64 in the casts of Pompeii Project, and with
pXRF measuring points (1–6).
Photo courtesy of The Casts of Pompeii Project. Use subject to CC BY 4.0 Deed
See Alapont L, Gallello G,
Martinón-Torres M, Osanna M, Amoretti V, Chenery S,
et al. (2023) The casts of Pompeii: Post-depositional methodological
insights. PLoS ONE 18(8): e0289378, fig. 5. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289378
In the “I calchi
di Pompei” catalogue this is victim 59.
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. 459-460, Calco n. 59.