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Pompeii Casts. Victim 54 found outside the Porta Nola between the 31st of July and the 21st of September 1976.

 

NGOF Pompeii. 1979. Plan of location of 15 bodies found. Plan after Stefano De Caro. See De Caro S., 1976. Scavi nell’area fuori Porta Nola a Pompei: Cronache Pompeiane V, (fig. 25).

NGOF Pompeii. 1979. Plan of location of 15 bodies found by the tomb of Obellius Firmus. Plan after Stefano De Caro.

Victim 54 is number 1.

See De Caro S., 1979. Scavi nell’area fuori Porta Nola a Pompei: Cronache Pompeiane V, (p. 62, fig. 1).

 

Victim 54. Cast of a victim made between 31st of July and 21st of September 1976. Plaster cast of victim on exhibit in display in temporary pyramid in amphitheatre. September 2015. Victim 54 is a female aged over 20 years. The body was found outside Porta Nola, by the Tomb of M. Obellius Firmus, between the 31st of July and the 21st of September 1976. The imprint of the clothes, perhaps a tunic and a cloak, rolled up between the thighs, on the abdomen and back is clearly visible; on the right shoulder the drapery is evident and on the left calf the imprint of the weave of a light fabric seems to be distinguishable; there is possibly the presence of a headdress and sandals, traces of which appear to be visible on the left foot. On the 15th of September 1976, next to the left hand of the victim part of an iron ring with a gem incised with an image of the goddess Fortuna. On the 31st July, before the cast was made, near the body were found a gold ring with an emerald, a silver ring with the head of a serpent, another gold ring with bezel bearing the engraving of a palmette or ear of corn, a small silver ring with a chain to which a phallic pendant must have been hung, a silver statuette of Isis Fortuna and a hoard of money consisting of four silver denarii and twenty bronze coins. 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. 446-448, Calco n. 54.

Victim 54. Cast of a victim made between 31st of July and 21st of September 1976.

Plaster cast of victim on exhibit in display in temporary pyramid in amphitheatre. September 2015.

Victim 54 is a female aged over 20 years.

The body was found outside Porta Nola, by the Tomb of M. Obellius Firmus, between the 31st of July and the 21st of September 1976.

The imprint of the clothes, perhaps a tunic and a cloak, rolled up between the thighs, on the abdomen and back is clearly visible; on the right shoulder the drapery is evident and on the left calf the imprint of the weave of a light fabric seems to be distinguishable; there is possibly the presence of a headdress and sandals, traces of which appear to be visible on the left foot.

On the 15th of September 1976, next to the left hand of the victim part of an iron ring with a gem incised with an image of the goddess Fortuna.

On the 31st July, before the cast was made, near the body were found a gold ring with an emerald, a silver ring with the head of a serpent, another gold ring with bezel bearing the engraving of a palmette or ear of corn, a small silver ring with a chain to which a phallic pendant must have been hung, a silver statuette of Isis Fortuna and a hoard of money consisting of four silver denarii and twenty bronze coins.

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. 446-448, Calco n. 54.

 

Victim 54. Plaster-cast of head of victim. May 2018. There is possibly the presence of a headdress. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee. 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. 446, Calco n. 54.

Victim 54. Plaster-cast of head of victim. May 2018. There is possibly the presence of a headdress. Photo courtesy of Buzz Ferebee.

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. 446, Calco n. 54.

 

Victim 54. Two views of cast #54 and pXRF measuring points (1–6). Photo courtesy of The Casts of Pompeii Project. Use subject to CC BY 4.0 Deed The cast #54 was identified as a female adult (35–40 years). This individual was found in a left lateral decubitus position, with the head resting on the left temporal parietal, the right arm with the elbow fully flexed and the forearm next to the chest. No obvious pathological conditions in the individual #54 from Porta Nola, were observed 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 6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289378

Victim 54. Two views of cast #54 and pXRF measuring points (1–6).

Photo courtesy of The Casts of Pompeii Project. Use subject to CC BY 4.0 Deed

The cast #54 was identified as a female adult (35–40 years).

This individual was found in a left lateral decubitus position, with the head resting on the left temporal parietal, the right arm with the elbow fully flexed and the forearm next to the chest.

No obvious pathological conditions in the individual #54 from Porta Nola, were observed

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 6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289378

 

Victim 54. Location of casts from Porta Nola. (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 54. Location of casts from Porta Nola.

(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

 

 

 

 

 

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