Pompeii Casts. Victim 60 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 60 is number 12.

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

Victim 60. 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 60 is an adult male, aged over 20 years.

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

The Giornale di Scavo noted that the cast did not turn out very well because it was found half in the ash and half in the lapilli.

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. 463-4, Calco n. 60.

Detail from photo courtesy of The Casts of Pompeii Project. Use subject to CC BY 4.0 Deed