Sparta: Corinthian capital used as filling behind Roman wall of the theatre

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 02/1/8136.C2548
Level Item
Description Small print photograph pasted onto an index card, originally part of the SPHS image library catalogue.
Dimensions 16.5 x 11 cm (index card)
Place Sparta Theatre
Ancient Sparta
Dates 1924
Donor/Creator The British School at Athens
Project Sparta Excavation 1924-1927
Scope and Content Part of the collection of images, 1924-1927, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Sparta, 1924, Theatre. Corinthian used as filling behind Rom. ".
Notes Date is the year listed in the description of the image in the SPHS register. The caption on the index card reads "Sparta. 1924. Theatre. Corinthian capital used as filling behind Roman stage." This index card is part of the BSA Sparta Theatre Collection, Waywell & Wilkes (Inventoried 2019).
Related records [BSA SPHS 01/7428.C2548], Sparta: Corinthian capital used as filling behind Roman wall of the theatre, 1924
Reference 1928. BSA 30: 178, fig. 8. Link to article