Pompeii Casts. Victim 40 found in I.21.2/6, the Garden of the Fugitives, 27th April 1961.

I.21.6 Pompeii. May 2016. Detail of plaster cast of the impression of a body. Victim 40. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

Victim 40 is a child aged under 6 years.

The body was found on 27th April 1961, located about 3m, towards the north-east, from the group with victim 39.

Perhaps some traces of drapery can be seen on the neck and abdomen.

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. 416-7, Calco n. 40.

I.21.6 Pompeii. Identification of locations of victims 35 to 47 on display in I.22.6.

Photo 2000 courtesy of Lancevortex, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We have added the victim numbers.

I.21.6 Pompeii. May 2015. Detail of plaster cast of the impression of a body. Victim 40. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

I.21.6 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail of a plaster cast of impression of a body. Victim 40.

I.21.6 Pompeii. May 2010. Detail of a plaster cast of impression of a body. Victim 40.

I.21.6 Pompeii. 1974. Detail of a plaster cast of impression of a bodies. Victims 40, front and victim 41, rear. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.  

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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I.21.6 Pompeii. 1974. Detail of a plaster cast of victim 40. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.  

Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.

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