Sparta, Artemis Orthia: women washing [soil for artefacts in the Eurotas River]

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/5027.7826
Level Item
Description Film negative, approximately half plate size, an original negative.
Dimensions 16 x 12 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, women washing".
Notes By the description, this may be Sparta negative 109 in 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 "Women washing earth in the Eurotas with Gregory"
Reference 1910 JHS 30: 6th accession to 1904 slide catalogue. lxxvi.SPHS 7826. Link to article
1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 44.SPHS 7826. Link to article