Pompeii Casts. Victim 62 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 62 is number 10.

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

Victim 62. 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 62. Cast #62 and pXRF measuring points (1–6).

The cast #62 is an adult individual (25–30 years old) identified as female, found interlaced to the left hand-forearm and holding a rope that would go over the left shoulder carrying a sack or bag. The original position of this individual was prone with the head resting on the face.

No obvious pathological conditions in the individual #62 from Porta Nola were observed

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. 3. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289378

Victim 62 is an adult male over 20 years of age.

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

On the left forearm the drapery of the sleeve of the robe appears to be legible.

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. 465-6, Calco n. 62.