Mycenae: Vases from Tomb 517, Kalkani Cemetery

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/3264.C0364
Level Item
Description The glass negative is a quarter plate size, a copy negative.
Condition Black paint around vases to provide a uniform background.
Dimensions 10.5 x 8 cm
Place Mycenae: Kalkani Cemetery
Ancient Mycenae
Dates 1921
Donor/Creator The British School at Athens
Project Mycenae Excavation 1920-1923
Scope and Content Part of a collection of images of the BSA's 1920s excavations at Mycenae. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Mycenae: vases from tomb 517". Recorded in the register as from the 1921 season.
Notes Date is the year listed in the description of the image in the SPHS register. Photographs of the actual objects rather than the drawings for the centre vase is shown on pl. XXXIII (No. 10) and the to right vase on pl. XXXIV (No. 49).
Related records [MYC 3/1/27/2], L.H. I Vase from Tomb 517, 1920-1923
[MYC 3/1/27/3], L.H. I Vase from Tomb 517 No. 13, 1920-1923
[MYC 3/1/31/2], Jug from the Kalkani Cemetery, Tomb 517, 1920-1923
[MYC 3/1/32/2], Shallow Saucer from Tomb 517, 1920-1923
Reference Wace, A.J. 1932. Chamber tombs at Mycenae. 82: pl. XXXIII (Bottom).
Wace, A.J. 1932. Chamber tombs at Mycenae. 82: Pl. XXXIV.