Palaikastro: Gourd Vase
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 03/0249.1467 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Glass lantern slide, standard 3.25 x 3.25 inch square. |
| Dimensions | 8 x 8 cm |
| Place |
Roussolakkos: Block B 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: gourd vase". |
| Notes | Described on p. 287 of BSA IX as a flask decorated with a 'polyp' [i.e. octopus] motif. The image is duplicated in slide format in the Ashmolean Lantern Slide Teaching Collection, Oxford University, catalogue number XJ174 as "L.M.II flask, octopus, shells". |
| Related records |
[BSA SPHS 01/0248.1467], Palaikastro: Gourd Vase, 1903
[BSA SPHS 01/3835.7305], Palaikastro: Drawings of L.M. octopus flask, jug with papyrus design and three rhyta, 1902-1906 [BSA SPHS 01/4263.8821], Palaikastro: LMII flask (front view), 1903 [BSA SPHS 01/4265.8823], Palaikastro: LMII flask (side view), 1903 |
| Reference |
1904 JHS 24: Catalogue of Slides. civ.SPHS 1467. Link to article 1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 60.SPHS 1467. Link to article |