Sparta, Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia: Terracotta head

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/5007.7806
Level Item
Description Film negative, approximately half plate size, an original negative.
Dimensions 15.5 x 11.5 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 head".
Notes The number 127 is written on the border of the negative, then struck out. Date is based on data in the 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 Reports for this number reads: "The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia for 1907: TC head with sidelocks"