Pompeii Casts. Victim 55 found outside the Porta Nola between the 2nd of August and the 21st of September 1976.
NGOF Pompeii. 1979. Plan of location of 15 bodies found by the tomb of Obellius Firmus. Plan after Stefano De Caro.
Victim 55 is number 7.
See De Caro S.,
1979. Scavi nell’area fuori Porta
Nola a Pompei: Cronache Pompeiane V, (p. 62, fig. 1).
![Victim 55 during restoration.
The height of the victims seems to be quite constant, ranging between 1.50m and 1.60m, with the only exception of man n. 7 [victim 55] with a long-limbed body about 1.80m high.
See De Caro S., 1979. Scavi nell’area fuori Porta Nola a Pompei: Cronache Pompeiane V, pp. 99-101.
Victim 55 is an adult male, aged over 20 years, found outside Porta Nola between the 2nd of August and the 21st of September 1976.
The drapery of the cloth robe can be recognized on the chest and partly on the arms, in particular on the right arm.
Along the right leg and on the right foot, right shoulder and chest were originally large branches, which probably struck the victim when he fell; these were almost entirely removed during the first restoration of the cast, shortly after it was made.
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. 449-451, Calco n. 55.](victim%2055_files/image002.jpg)
Victim 55 during restoration.
The height of the
victims seems to be quite constant, ranging between 1.50m and 1.60m, with the
only exception of man n. 7 [victim 55] with a long-limbed body about 1.80m
high.
See De Caro S.,
1979. Scavi nell’area fuori Porta Nola a
Pompei: Cronache Pompeiane V, pp. 99-101.
Victim 55 is an adult male, aged over 20 years,
found outside Porta Nola between the 2nd of August and the 21st of September
1976.
The drapery of the cloth robe can be recognized on
the chest and partly on the arms, in particular on the right arm.
Along the right leg and on the right foot, right shoulder and chest were
originally large branches, which probably struck the victim when he fell; these
were almost entirely removed during the first restoration of the cast, shortly
after it was made.
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. 449-451, Calco n. 55.
Victim 55. Cast #55 and pXRF
measuring points (1–6).
The
cast #55 belongs to a male adult between 25 and 30 years old, originally in
supine position, with the upper extremities separated from the body, and the
forearms and hands on the head.
The
radiological examination also revealed traumatic perimortem fractures in the
tibia and fibula of the right leg of the cast #58 and in the right humerus of
the cast #55. These fractures appear to have occurred close to the time of
death of the individuals.
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. 7. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289378
Cast of victim 55 found outside Porta Nola near tomb of
Obellius Firmus. 1976.
See De Caro S.,
1979. Scavi nell’area fuori Porta Nola a
Pompei: Cronache Pompeiane V, (fig. 25).
Victim 55. 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