147: Digging out the small votive offerings

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/8/1
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 17.9 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content A black and white photograph of an archaeological trench, with three workmen digging in it and one standing behind them with a shovel. In the background is another trench with two workmen digging and one standing behind with a measuring stick. The photograph has been attached to a board which is then attached to the base. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Photographs of the Spartan Excavations in progress: Digging out the small votive offerings at the Orthia Sanctuary."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Views and photographs of excavation"
Related records [BSA SPHS/1/5031.7830], Sparta, Artemis Orthia: Excavation of the interior of the temple, 1907
[1936/1/5/8], 147: Digging out the small votive offerings