Sparta Museum: Miscellaneous objects. No. 520, Moulded pithos fragment (top); No. 553.10, three terracotta female figurnes (bottom right); No. 594, bronze female figure mirror handle (bottom left).
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 01/3896.7523 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Film negative, half plate size, an original negative. |
| Dimensions | 16 x 11 cm |
| Place |
Sparta Museum |
| Dates | 1904 |
| Donor/Creator |
The British School at Athens |
| Project | Sparta Museum Catalogue 1904 |
| Scope and Content | Part of the collection of images taken around the time of the compilation of the 1906 catalogue of the Sparta Museum conducted by M.N. Tod and A.J.B. Wace as members of the 1905-1910 the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Sparta Mus. 520, 553.10, 594. Pithos fragment. TC figurines from Menalaeon, nude female, Bronze statuette". |
| Notes | Date is based on Wace and Tod catalogue project in the Sparta Museum prior to BSA excavation of the ancient city. According to the entry in the Sparta Museum Catalogue (Tod and Wace 1906), No. 533.10 (terracotta figurines) was part of a group of objects entitled "Figurines and small vases from the Menelaeum. Found in Kastriotes' excavations, 1889 and 1900." |
| Reference |
Tod, M.N. & Wace, A.J. 1906. A catalogue of the Sparta Museum. 235, fig. 82.No. 520. Tod, M.N. & Wace, A.J. 1906. A catalogue of the Sparta Museum. 237-238, figs 83, 84 and 85.No. 553.10. Tod, M.N. & Wace, A.J. 1906. A catalogue of the Sparta Museum. 240.No. 594. |