Perachora: terracotta head from the temple of Hera Akraia, late 7th century BC

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/6384.C5174
Level Item
Description Glass negative, quarter plate size, a copy negative taken from a photographic print.
Dimensions 10x8 cm
Place Heraeum of Perachora
Dates 1930-1932
Donor/Creator The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies
Project Perachora Excavation 1930-1939
Scope and Content Part of the collection of images, 1930-39, of the British School at Athens excavations at Perachora, Corinthia. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "from the temple of Hera Akraia. Archaic terracotta head, late 7th century BC".
Notes Earliest date base on the first season of excavation and latest date based on the appearance of a slide in the 1932 JHS slide accession list. The description "Early archaic terra-cotta" is written on the negative.
Reference 1932 JHS 52: 18th accession to 1913 slide catalogue. lx.SPHS C.5174. Link to article