Pompeii Casts. Victim 57 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 57 is number 4.
See De Caro S.,
1979. Scavi nell’area fuori Porta
Nola a Pompei: Cronache Pompeiane V, (p. 62, fig. 1).
Victim 57. 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 57. Cast #57 and pXRF
measuring points (1–6).
The
cast #57 is an adult individual (25–30 years old). He was found supine and has
some flexed or lopsided anatomical areas.
The
skull is inclined to the right and the chest is straight, presenting its coxofemoral joint slightly rotated towards its medial
aspect.
The
cast #57 shows dental wear of the incisors and canines of the upper jaw,
product of its axial shaft, and erosion of the lower incisors.
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 2. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289378
Victim 57 is a young male aged 13-19 years.
Some imprints of the fabric of a tunic are visible near the side and the
left thigh.
The body was found between the 2nd of August and the 21st of September 1976, outside the Porta Nola near the tomb of M. Obellius Firmus.
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. 454-6, Calco n. 57.
Victim 57. Clothing details of the cast #57.
Some imprints of the fabric of a tunic are visible near the side and the
left thigh.
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 12. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289378
Cast of body no. 4, victim 57, found outside Porta Nola near tomb of Obellius Firmus. According to De Caro, the face shows the dramatic image of the pangs of death.
See De Caro S.,
1979. Scavi nell’area fuori Porta Nola a
Pompei: Cronache Pompeiane V, (fig. 26).
Porta Nola Pompeii. Press photo dated 18th September 1976 of body casts "Discovered this week on the outskirts of Pompeii".
The photo has been touched in in places for publication so it is difficult to be certain but comparing with the plan above could suggest: victim 56 rear to the left? Victim 57 with arm outstretched? Victim 61 on the lower right? Victim number 5 with the sheathed knife recorded by De Caro would have been in this group also.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Nola Gate Tombs, Pompeii, March 2009. View from above. Large iron knife in a bronze and wooden sheath.
Found near Porta Nola in 1976. SAP inventory number 17047.
Man no. 5 had on the left a sheathed dagger (fig. 27) and the scabbard (fig. 28) empty of a second smaller blade: at the feet shoes with a nailed sole.
See De Caro S.,
1979. Scavi nell’area fuori Porta Nola a
Pompei: Cronache Pompeiane V, p. 99, fig. 27.