Perachora: (a) Bronze Sphinx and (b) bronze bull with inscription
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 02/1/5140.C6815 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Small print photograph pasted onto an index card, originally part of the SPHS image library catalogue. |
| Dimensions | 16.5 x 11 cm (index card) |
| Place |
Heraeum of Perachora |
| Dates | 1936 |
| Donor/Creator |
The British School at Athens |
| Project | Perachora Excavation 1930-1939 |
| Scope and Content | Part of the collection of images from the 1936 Exhibition of Minoan Civilization and the first 50 years work of the BSA at Burlington House, London. The object is from the 1930-39 excavations of the British School at Athens at Perachora, Corinthia. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "(a) bronze Sphinx, (b) bronze bull with inscription from Perachora". |
| Notes | The date 1936 is listed in the description of the image. Typewritten caption on the index card reads: "249. Sphinx. One of the most exquisite of the small bronzes fro Perachora. 246. Bull, with inscription recording that Naumachos dedicated it to Hera Limenia (550-500 B.C.)". This object has been reproduced for the exhibition with the addition of a caption from C 6318 (see related records). |
| Related records |
[BSA SPHS 01/6806.C6815], Perachora: (a) Bronze Sphinx and (b) bronze bull with inscription, 1936
[BSA SPHS 02/1/5105.C6318], Perachora: Bronze sphinx and bull inscribed by Naumachos to Hera Limenia, 1931 |
| Reference |
1936 Exhibition Catalogue. 64.No. 246. 1936 Exhibition Catalogue. 64.No. 249. Payne, H.G. 1940. Perachora vol. I. 1: pl. 43.1. Payne, H.G. 1940. Perachora vol. I. 1: pl. 43.5. |