Rhitsona [Mycalessus]: Drawing of Female terracotta figurine
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 01/0541.2000 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | The glass negative is a quarter plate size, a copy negative produced from a photograph. |
| Dimensions | 10.5 x 8 cm |
| Place |
Rhitsona |
| Dates | 1907-1908 |
| Donor/Creator |
Lorimer, Miss Hilda Lockhart |
| Project | Rhitsona Excavation 1907-1909 |
| Scope and Content | Part of a group of images from the British School at Athens excavations at Rhitsona in Boeotia in 1907 and 1908. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Terra cotta female idol from Mycalessus". Rhisona was identified by the excavator, R. Burrows, as the ancient site of Mycalessus. |
| Notes | Dates based on the excavation of Rhitsona (ancient Mycalessus). This is a drawing, but R. M. Burrows and P. N. Ure 1907/1908. 'Excavations at Rhitsóna in Boeotia' BSA 14: 226-318, plate 12a (not 7a as listed in the 1913 slide catalogue) shows the actual object. |
| Related records |
[BSA SPHS 01/0016.A28], Rhitsona [ancient Mycalessus]: Female Teracotta Figurine, 1907
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| Reference |
1908. BSA 14: pl. VII.A. Link to article 1912 JHS 32: 8th accession to 1904 slide catalogue. lxxxi.SPHS 2000. Link to article 1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 86.SPHS 2000. Link to article 1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 111.SPHS 2000. Link to article |