Sparta: The Heroon

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/2644.6926
Level Item
Description Film negative, approximately half plate size, an original negative.
Dimensions 16.5 x 12 cm
Place Sparta Heroon
Ancient Sparta
Dates 1906
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: probably Heroon".
Notes Date is based on BSA Corporate Records - Excavation Reports. Sparta 1906, 1924-27, 1950, 1954 - Sparta Negatives for 1906 (1-18; 199-207) Negatives for 1907 (101-198). The caption reads: "City wall in Taggaris garden". The number 5 is written on the border of the negative.