Sparta, Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia: Terracotta masks

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/3052.8052
Level Item
Description Glass negative, full plate size, a copy negative from two half plate negatives.
Dimensions 24 x 17.5 cm
Place Sparta Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia
Ancient Sparta
Dates 1906-1908
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: 2 masks".
Notes Date range is based on related records. Mask on the top is duplicated in BSA SPHS 01/2580.6862 and the one on the bottom in BSA SPHS 01/2579.6861 (see related records).
Related records [BSA SPHS 01/2579.6861], Sparta, Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia: Terracotta mask, 1906-1908
Reference Dawkins, R.M. 1929. The sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta. pl. XLVII.
Dawkins, R.M. 1929. The sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta. pl. LXII.