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Pompeii: Macellum, plaster cast of man on his back



Pompeii: Macellum, cast of man on his back (photo: Athena Review 2003)


This cast in the Macellum of a man lying on his back represents one of the residents of Pompeii who became a victim of Vesuvius's eruption on August 19, AD 79. Traces of his clothing are shown.


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