Sparta: Terracotta shield from the Acropolis
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 02/1/8111.A92 |
| 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 Acropolis Ancient Sparta |
| Dates | 1926 |
| Donor/Creator |
The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies |
| 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. This particular image depicts an object from the 1926 season. The original description in the SPHS register reads:"Sparta: 1926. T.C.Shield from Acropolis". Listed as a Colour Slide in the SPHS negative register (A series). |
| Notes | Date of 1926 is listed in the SPHS register. The A series of negatives were created for colour slides produced from a colour drawings by 1913. However, the extant negatives marked in the A series are black and white. This index card is part of the BSA Sparta Theatre Collection, Waywell & Wilkes (Inventoried 2019). |
| Related records |
[BSA SPHS 01/0026.A92], Sparta: Miniature terracotta shield from the Acropolis, 1926
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| Reference |
1927. BSA 29: 100, fig. 9. Link to article |