Elbow handle from Campania-Pompeii, Camarina

Description

"Elbow handle from Campania-Pompeii. Stem with phytomorphic decoration with long leaves ending, at the lower attachment, with a zoomorphic figured motif, perhaps an ibis, which holds a snake in its beak.. From the site of Camarina, Ragusa, Sicily, Italy. Roman Age. 1st century AD. Museo Archeologico Ibleo di Ragusa. 561 images. GDH ID and Catalog No. RG9143_1 Citation: Di Stefano, G., Sammito, A. & Scerra, S. (2008): ““Tesori camarinesi” … in fondo al mare della storia”, in Thesaurus Hyblaeus: 14-27. We acknowledge the collaboration of the "Soprintendenza per i Beni Culturali ed Ambientali di Ragusa" and the "Parco Archeologico di Kamarina e Cava d'Ispica". Our most sincere thanks to General CC, retired, Renato Scuzzarello, the archaeologist Dr. Saverio Scerra, the architect Giorgio Battaglia, the restorer Stefania Patti Occhipinti and the archaeologists Veronica Falcone and Alessandra D’Izzia, the custodians of Parco Archeologico Marco Giardina, Giovanna Brugaletta e Rosario Licitra