Perachora: Bronze Heracles, ca. 500 B.C.
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 01/6527.C6321 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Glass negative, quarter plate size, a copy negative taken from a photographic print pasted on an index card. |
| Dimensions | 10.5x8 cm |
| Place |
Heraeum of Perachora |
| Dates | 1930 |
| Donor/Creator |
The British School at Athens |
| 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: "Perachora bronze Herakles, ca. 500 BC". |
| Notes | Date is base on the publication of the image for the report of the first season of excavation. The same image was duplicated with a caption attached for the 1936 Exhibition in Lodon (C 6814). Also, front facing Heracles is shown side-by-side with his back facing on C 4717 (see related records). |
| Related records |
[BSA SPHS 01/6327.C4717], Perachora: Bronze Heracles, early 5th century [B.C.], 1930-1939
[BSA SPHS 02/1/5090.C4717], Perachora: Bronze Heracles, early 5th century [B.C.], 1930-1939 [BSA SPHS 01/6805.C6814], Perachora: Bronze statuette of Heracles, ca. 500 B.C., 1936 [BSA SPHS 02/1/5139.C6814], Perachora: Bronze statuette of Heracles, ca. 500 B.C., 1936 |
| Reference |
1930. JHS 50 (2): 240, fig. 2. Payne, H.G. 1940. Perachora vol. I. 1: pl. 45.4. |