Sparta Heroon: painted terracotta cornice with spiral decoration

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/2647.6929
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: "T.C. frieze, spiralform. B.S.A.".
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). It is also published in the BSA for the 1906 season's work with the background removed. The number 2 is written on the border of the negative.
Reference 1906. BSA 12: 293, fig. 4. Link to article