320: The Temple of Aphrodite at Paphos

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/2/2/20
Level Item
Dimensions 74.2 x 56 cm
Scope and Content Card base with three black and white photographs attached, labelled with the pasted letters a-c. Between the lower two photos is a 23.2 x 11.4 cm hole with the pasted label d. The number 320 is pasted in the lower left corner. "Paphos" is written in ink in the lower right corner. The upper image and the hole have later annotations in pencil beside them, giving bibliographic references. The original description in the catalogue reads: "a. The Eros of Paphos: a charming head of a laughing boy, three-quarters life-size, now in the British Museum. Perhaps part of a group: c. 350 B.C. b, c. Views of the excavation in progress. d. Plated gold pin, 7 inches long. Finely modelled goats' heads support a large bead of Egyptian faïence surmounted by a peal, separated by cup-like acanthus leaves, flowers and doves. The shaft bears a dedication of Euboulê to Paphian Aphrodite."
Notes The bibliographic reference beside the missing image JHS IX pl XI shows us the missing image. In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Excavations in Cyprus"