Sparta, Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia: Terracotta bust

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/5006.7805
Level Item
Description Film negative, approximately half plate size, an original negative.
Dimensions 16.5 x 11 cm
Place Sparta Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia
Ancient Sparta
Dates 1907
Donor/Creator The British School at Athens
Project Sparta Excavation 1906-1910
Scope and Content Part of the collection of images, 1906-1910, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Sparta: Orthia, terra cotta bust".
Notes By the description, this may be Sparta negative 126 in BSA Corporate Records - Excavation Reports for Sparta 1906, 1924-27, 1950, 1954 - Sparta Negatives for 1906 (1-18; 199-207) Negatives for 1907 (101-198). The caption in the Excavation Report for this number read: "The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia for 1907: TC bust of goddess"
Reference Dawkins, R.M. 1929. The sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta. pl. XXXV.