Sculpture: A. Marble head from the Via Egnatia found with Trajan milestone; B. Marble torso from Zagliveri, Central Macedonia

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/4132.8520
Level Item
Description Glass negative, quarter plate size, a copy negative taken from prints.
Dimensions 10.5 x 8 cm
Place Salonika-Serres Road 10km
Zagliveri
British Museum
Dates 1918-1919
Donor/Creator Casson, Dr Stanley
Photographic Section, Royal Air Force
8th Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers
Project Macedonia Campaign 1915-1919
Scope and Content The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Salonika district: A. Marble head of Trajan found with milestone 8509. B. Marble torso from Zangliveri".
Notes Earliest date based on the discovery of the draped figure in 1918; latest date based on the donation of images by Capt. S. Casson to the SPHS collection after WWI. Findspot of the head was said to be near the 6th kilometre stone from Salonika on the Salonika-Serres road in 1917 near the milestone (SPHS 8509). The draped female torso was discovered in 1918 at Zagliveri.
Reference 1919 JHS 39: 5th accession to 1913 slide catalogue. xlvi.SPHS 8520. Link to article
1919. BSA 23: pl. X. Link to article