POMPEI Forma di corpo umano in (goteo ?)

Photograph

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

POMPEI Forma di corpo umano in (goteo ?)

Entry/Object ID

1987.04.090

Description

The image captures the cast of a man laying down on his side as if he was sleeping. The man is on what seems like a wooden board and some cracked stone underneath. The man is all white and while the form is not very detailed viewers can still make out a face and body parts.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Albumen Print

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Pompeii

Collection

Walter Johnson Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1987.04

Source or Donor

Walter Johnson

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Walter Johnson

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

bottom left

Transcription

331 POMPEI Forma di corpo umano in geto (?)

Language

Italian

Translation

331 POMPEII Shape of a human body in cast stone

Material/Technique

Printed

Type

Label

Location

bottom right

Transcription

IIpniuno (?)

Language

Italian

Material/Technique

Printed

Notes

unsure of the letter