Ostrich Egg from Mycenae, Kalkani Cemetery, Tomb 518

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/0446.1841
Level Item
Description Glass negative, full plate size, a copy negative taken from a drawing.
Dimensions 21.5 x 16 cm
Place Mycenae: Kalkani Cemetery
Ancient Mycenae
Dates 1922
Donor/Creator The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies
Project Mycenae Excavation 1920-1923
Scope and Content The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Ostrich egg from Mycenae".
Notes Date is based on the excavation of Kalkani Cemetery.
Related records [MYC 3/1/36/2], Ostrich Egg Rhyton from Tomb 518, 1921-1922
[BSA SPHS 01/3307.C0475], Mycenae: Vases from Tomb 518, Kalkani Cemetery, 1922
Reference 1936 Exhibition Catalogue. 49.No. 109b.
Wace, A.J. 1932. Chamber tombs at Mycenae. 82: Pl. I.