Ivory Roman umbrella handle found in Oeiras (Portugal)

Abstract

In the archaeological excavations carried out in 2017 in the Historic Center of Oeiras (Lisbon, Portugal), an ivory parasol handle was collected in a Roman context whose chronology does not exceed the end of the 2nd century AD. This is the first time that a specimen of this nature it is identified in the Iberian Peninsula, underlining its extreme rarity, whose use was reserved for the ladies of the social elite of the time.