Melos, Tramythia: Three churches site, statue of a man

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/1581.4054
Level Item
Description Glass negative, full plate size, a copy negative.
Dimensions 21.5 x 16 cm
Place Tramythia: Three Churches
Tramythia
Melos Island
Dates 1896
Donor/Creator The British School at Athens
Project Melos Campaign 1896-1899
Scope and Content Part of a group of images from explorations and excavations on the island of Melos conducted by the British School at Athens from 1896 to 1899. The 'three churches site' was excavated in 1896. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Melos: 3 churches site statue of woman (actually a man)".
Notes Date based on the excavation of the Three Churches site by Mackenzie in 1896 - see Duncan MacKenzie 1897, "Excavations of the British School at Melos: The Site of the 'Three Churches'" The Journal of Hellenic Studies 17: 122-133.
Reference 1897. JHS 17: 125, fig. 2. Link to article