Pompeii Casts. Victim 63 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 63 is number 9.

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

Victim 63. A young woman lying on her right side, almost curled up.

Victim 63 was found outside Porta Nola, near the tomb of M. Obellius Firmus, between the 2nd of August and the 21st of September 1976.

The victim is a female aged between 13 and 19 years.

On the shoulders, chest, and on the sides, the drapery of the clothing can be distinguished.

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. 467-8, Calco n. 63.

Victim 63 (centre). 2015 during restoration.

Victim 63. 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