Palaikastro: Pottery Rhyton
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 03/0243.1464 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Glass lantern slide, standard 3.25 x 3.25 inch square. Image taken from drawings. |
| Dimensions | 8 x 8 cm |
| Place |
Roussolakkos: Block Δ Roussolakkos Palaikastro |
| Dates | 1903 |
| Donor/Creator |
The British School at Athens |
| Project | Palaikastro Excavation 1902-1906 |
| Scope and Content | Part of a group of images from the British School at Athens excavations at Palaikastro, Crete in the 1902-1905. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Palaikastro: pottery fillers". |
| Notes | This rhyton decorated with triton shells is described on p. 312 of BSA IX and dates to the second season of excavation at Palaikastro. Filler is an old term applied to the pottery shape of the rhyton. A photograph of the actual rhyton on the left appears in related record BSA SPHS 01/4236.8783. The image is duplicated in slide format in the Ashmolean Lantern Slide Teaching Collection, Oxford University, catalogue number XJ173 as "L.M.II rhyton, marine: Palaikastro". |
| Related records |
[BSA SPHS 01/0022.A73.1], Palaikastro: Painted Rhyta, Earliest 1913
[BSA SPHS 01/0023.A73.2], Palaikastro: Painted Rhyta, Earliest 1913 [BSA SPHS 01/0242.1464], Palaikastro: Pottery Rhyton, 1903 [BSA SPHS 01/3835.7305], Palaikastro: Drawings of L.M. octopus flask, jug with papyrus design and three rhyta, 1902-1906 [BSA SPHS 01/4236.8783], Palaikastro: Pottery rhyta, 1903 |
| Reference |
1904 JHS 24: Catalogue of Slides. civ.SPHS 1464. Link to article 1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 60.SPHS 1464. Link to article |