Sparta: Hero relief terracottas from the Heroon

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/2645.6927
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: hero reliefs. T.C. from heroon".
Notes The number 4 is written on the border of the negative. Date is based on data in the BSA Corporate Records - Excavation Reports for Sparta 1906, 1924-27, 1950, 1954 - Sparta Negatives for 1906 (1-18; 199-207) Negatives for 1907 (101-198). The fragments also published separately in the BSA for the 1906 season's work.
Reference 1906. BSA 12: 289, fig. 3. Link to article
1906. BSA 12: 290, fig. 4. Link to article
1906. BSA 12: 290, Fig.5. Link to article
1906. BSA 12: 290, fig. 6. Link to article