Distant view of Menelaion near Sparta
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 03/2430.6712 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Glass lantern slide, standard 3.25 x 3.25 inch square. Paper label with the number 14 is pasted to the slide. The number corresponds to the slide number in the set of slides for A.J. Toynbee's lecture, The Geography of Greece. |
| Dimensions | 8 x 8 cm |
| Place |
Sparta Menelaion |
| Dates | 1909 |
| Donor/Creator |
The British School at Athens |
| Project | Sparta Excavation 1906-1910 |
| Scope and Content | Part of the collection of images, 1906-1910, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Sparta: the Menelaeum distant view". |
| Notes | Date is based on the publication of the image in BSA for 1909. The image appears in SPHS Slide Sets no author, ca. 1932. Greek Scenery. Slide number 6 and A.J. Toynbee, ca. 1924. Greek Life and the Greek Environment [later changed to The Geography of Greece]. Slide number 14. The image is duplicated in slide format in the Ashmolean Lantern Slide Teaching Collection, Oxford University, catalogue number XB342 as "Eurotas: plain, the Menelaum". |
| Related records |
[BSA SPHS 01/2429.6712.1], Distant view of Menelaion near Sparta, 1909
[BSA SPHS 01/3803.6712.2], Distant view of Menelaion near Sparta, 1909 |
| Reference |
1909. BSA 15: frontispiece. Link to article 1909 JHS 29: 5th accession to 1904 slide catalogue. lxxxi.SPHS 6712. Link to article 1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 44.SPHS 6712. Link to article |