Sparta, Artemis Orthia: Roman altar

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/5035.7834
Level Item
Description Film negative, approximately half plate size, an original negative.
Dimensions 16 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, Roman altar".
Notes Date is based on BSA Corporate Records - Excavation Reports. Sparta 1906, 1924-27, 1950, 1954 - Sparta Negatives for 1906 (1-18; 199-207) Negatives for 1907 (101-198). The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia for 1907 "Roman altar". Written on the border of the negative is 101 which has been crossed off.
Reference 1907. BSA 13: 62, fig. 10. Link to article
Dawkins, R.M. 1929. The sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta. 25, fig. 12.