Sparta: Three bronze statuettes - female, headless male and a sphinx from a tripod - from the Acropolis
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 02/2/7981.C2634 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Large photograph pasted onto a card with catalogue information pasted on reverse. |
| Dimensions | Card: 23 x 28ccm |
| Place |
Sparta Acropolis Ancient Sparta |
| Dates | Latest 1927 |
| Donor/Creator |
The British School at Athens |
| Project | Sparta Excavation 1924-1927 |
| Scope and Content | Part of the collection of images, 1906-1910 and 1924-1927, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Sparta, (various years' digs). Three Bronze statuettes: Acropolis: female, headless male, and sphinx from tripod". |
| Notes | Latest date to the study of the bronzes by Winifred Lamb from Sparta during the 1924-27 excavations which included the restudy of earlier excavated material. Description on reverse reads: "Sparta. bronze statuettes". |
| Related records |
[BSA SPHS 01/7492.C2634], Sparta: Three bronze statuettes - female, headless male and a sphinx from a tripod - from the Acropolis, Latest 1927
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| Reference |
1926. BSA 28: 88, fig. 3. Link to article 1926. BSA 28: pl. IX. Link to article 1926. BSA 28: pl. XII. Link to article |