Melos, Phylakopi: Local imitation of Cretan LMI pottery

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/0013.A24
Level Item
Description The glass negative is a quarter plate size, a copy negative.
Dimensions 10.5 x 8 cm
Place Phylakopi
Melos Island
Dates 1911
Donor/Creator The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies
Project Phylakopi Excavation 1911
Scope and Content Part of a group of images from the continuation of excavations in 1910-1911 at Phylakopi on the island of Melos previously conducted by the British School at Athens from 1896-1899. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Melos: native imitation of Cretan LM1". Listed as a Colour Slide in the SPHS negative register (A series), but the negative is black and white.
Notes Date based on the excavation of Phylakopi. The A series of negatives were created for colour slides produced from a colour drawings by 1913. However, the extant negatives marked in the A series are black and white.
Reference 1911. BSA 17: pl. III. Link to article
1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 11.SPHS A.24. Link to article
1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 59.SPHS A.24. Link to article