Pompeii Casts. Victim 84. Male victim? Over 20 years of age. Date and location of find unknown.
Victim 84 is a male aged over 20.
The cast consists of the torso with the head, the arms without hands
and the right thigh.
The victim is lying on the back with the head and leg raised.
It should be noted that, in reality, the bones of
the left leg are located in the place of the left forearm, therefore the
position of the latter is false.
Near the body were some casts of anatomical parts: a calf with foot, part
of a leg (probably a tibia), an elbow, a small fragment of plaster (about
11-12cm) with a bone inside, a fragment of sacrum (finds that could also
be associated with cast no. 85, preserved in the same place as no. 84).
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, pp. 512-514, Calco n. 84.
I.8.17 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 10, plaster casts of victims 84 (front) and 85 (rear).
The find date and location of victim 84 are unknown.
Four hypotheses have been put forward.
1. This could be the cast from the stair in Marcus Fabius Rufus found in 1961 and now referred to as Calco H.
2. This could be the cast recorded in the Orto dei Fuggiaschi on the 10th of April 1961.
3. This could be the victim found on the 24th January1882 in the vicolo delle Pareti Rosse and now referred to as Calco A.
4. This could be the first of the three casts, with an arm, upper part of the trunk, and the head, or the third almost complete cast, made in 1902 in the taberna V.3.2. This hypothesis should be shared with the cast that was not found (Calco G).
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, pp. 512-514, Calco n. 84a to 84f.
Paribeni in NdS 1902, records: In fact, on the following 10th June only the
cast of an arm with the upper part of the chest and the head emerged from a
skeleton; of another, a portion of the trunk, and of
a third, the almost complete cast. All these casts, however, due to the void
being occupied in many places by lapilli, were very unclear and such that no
value could be attributed to them.
See Notizie
degli Scavi di Antichità, 1902, p. 379.
I.8.17 Pompeii. December 2007. Room 10, plaster cast of head of victim 84.
I.8.17 Pompeii. June 2010. Looking into room 10 doorway with victims 84 and 85 inside.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.