Perachora: Bronze statuette of Heracles, ca. 500 B.C.
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 01/6805.C6814 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Glass negative, half plate size, a copy negative possibly taken from another negative. |
| Condition | The negative is framed with red tape. |
| Dimensions | 16x12 cm |
| Place |
Heraeum of Perachora |
| Dates | 1936 |
| Donor/Creator |
The British School at Athens |
| Project | Perachora Excavation 1930-1939 |
| Scope and Content | Part of the collection of images from the 1936 Exhibition of Minoan Civilization and the first 50 years work of the BSA at Burlington House, London. The object is from the 1930-39 British School at Athens excavations at Perachora, Corinthia. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Bronze statuette of Herakles (ca. 500 BC), from Perachora". |
| Notes | The date 1936 is listed in the description of the image in the SPHS register when the image was copied from an older negative with its caption for the 1936 Exhibition in London. "Bronze statuette of Herakles (ca 500 BC) from the school's excavations at Perachora" is printed on the negative. This object has been reproduced for the exhibition with the addition of a caption from C 6321 (see related record). |
| Related records |
[BSA SPHS 02/1/5139.C6814], Perachora: Bronze statuette of Heracles, ca. 500 B.C., 1936
[BSA SPHS 01/6527.C6321], Perachora: Bronze Heracles, ca. 500 B.C., 1930 |
| Reference |
1936 Exhibition Catalogue. 64.No 260. Payne, H.G. 1940. Perachora vol. I. 1: pl. 45.4. |