Pompeii Casts. Victim 59. Found outside the Porta Nola in 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 59 is number 8.
See De Caro S., 1979. Scavi nell’area fuori Porta Nola a Pompei: Cronache Pompeiane V, (p. 62, fig. 1).
Victim 59. 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 59. Cast, numbered as #64 in the casts of
Pompeii Project, and pXRF measuring points (1–6).
The
cast #64 is a male adult individual between 45 and 50 years old, very altered
and remodelled in an old restoration, especially in the zygomatic-facial area.
This individual was originally found supine, with the upper extremities
separated from the body.
Cast
#64 presents osteoarthritis in the right knee and in the medial condyle of left
femur.
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. 5. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289378
This photo seems to correspond with those in the catalogue for victim 59.
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. 459-460, Calco n. 59.
Victim 59 (front). 2015 during restoration. View of right side.
Victim 59 was an adult male over 20 years of age.
The body was found outside Porta Nola near the tomb of M. Obellius Firmus between the 2nd of August and the 21st of September 1976.
Near the body, in the layer of lapilli, a clay lantern was found, probably lost by the victim.
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. 459-460, Calco n. 59.
Victim 59. View of left side. Photo courtesy of Stephen
Kay.