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Archival complex: Prefettura di Agrigento, Intendenza e atti della Prefettura di Girgenti 1827-1887, busta n° 485
Sender: Regio custode delle Antichità - Michele Pancucci
Recipient: Prefetto presidente dell'Antichità e Belle arti
Place: Girgenti
Date: April 27, 1869
Content: 1869 April 27, Girgenti. Michele Pancucci guardian of the antiquities of Girgenti reports that the statue of Ceres and Proserpina was found in a fund belonging to Mr. Cavaliere Giambertoni. The statue was allegedly found laid in a tomb as a deceased. It is described inlaid with gold and silver and is said to hold a child by the hand.