Palaikastro: LM II Pithos
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 01/2401.6427 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Glass negative, full pate size, a copy negative. |
| Dimensions | 21.5 x 16 cm |
| Place |
Roussolakkos: Block B Roussolakkos Palaikastro |
| Dates | 1902 |
| Donor/Creator |
The British School at Athens |
| Project | Palaikastro Excavation 1902-1906 |
| Scope and Content | Part of a group of images from the British School at Athens excavations at Palaikastro, Crete in the 1902-1905. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Palaikastro: LM II Pithos (BM No. A 738, BSA Supp I pl. xxii f)". |
| Notes | Likely to have been discovered in the first season of excavation in Block B of Roussolakkos and described in the 1902 BSA excavation report on p. 316. British Museum Vase number A738 is Museum number GR 1907,0119.595; it is catalogued as a LMI pottery jar decorated with relief rosettes on shoulder and relief band at neck, donated by the British School at Athens in 1907. |
| Reference |
The unpublished objects from the Palaikastro excavations, 1902-1906, Part I. 1: pl. XXII.f. Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum Vol. 1, Part 1: Prehistoric Aegean Pottery. 123, fig. 164.No. A 738. |