Knossos: View of the magazine with pithoi and floor cists
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 01/1485.3848 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Glass negative, quarter plate size, a copy negative taken from a photographic print. |
| Condition | The sky area has been blackened out on the negative to provide a clean sky. |
| Dimensions | 10.5 x 8 cm |
| Place |
Palace of Minos Knossos |
| Dates | 1900 |
| Donor/Creator |
Evans, Sir Arthur John Myres, Sir John Linton |
| Scope and Content | The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Cnossos: view of magazine with pithoi & floor cists". |
| Notes | Date based on the first year of excavation at Knossos when Myres was present. The initials JLM is written on the negative indicating that the photograph may have been taken by Myres. Number 171, crossed out, is written above the print may relate to numbers in the Evans archive in the Ashmolean, Oxford. It also appears as negative number 3848 in the J.L. Myres negative register held by the archives at the Institute of Archaeology, Oxford University. Register reads: "Magazine in W. wing (with jars)". |