Mycenae: Boar's tusk helmet (reconstructed) from Tomb 518, Kalkani Cemetery

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/3429.C0678
Level Item
Description Glass negative, quarter plate size, a copy negative taken from a photograph.
Dimensions 10.5 x 8 cm
Place Mycenae: Kalkani Cemetery
Ancient Mycenae
Dates 1922
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, boars' tusk helmet reconstructed (Tomb 518)".
Reference Wace, A.J. 1932. Chamber tombs at Mycenae. 82: pl. XXXVIII (bottom).