163: Inscriptions
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | 1936 Exhibition Collection |
| Reference No. | 1936/1/5/22 |
| Level | Item |
| Dimensions | 73.8 x 55.9 cm |
| Scope and Content | Card base with three ink illustrations and three black and white photographs attached, labelled with pasted letters a-f. The number 163 is pasted in the lower left corner. Beside the images labelled a and d (1936/01/05/22/01 and /04) are later annotations in pencil giving bibliographic references. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Dedication of a Sickle (a) by Philonikos, the winner in a musical contest. Early in the 1st century A.D. b. Dedication of Five Sickles: early 4th century B.C. c. Dedication slab with the iron sickle still in place: set up by Leontios, victor in a musical contest. d. Inscribed base of a statue of a victor (bomonikes) in the Contest of Endurance: it was perhaps accompanied by the boy's sickles and dedication-slab: not much before 200 A.D. e,f. Archaic dedications to 'Orthia' (Orthasia), painted on the edge of a plate; not later than 600 B.C." |
| Notes | In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Inscriptions" |
| Related records |
[1936/1/5/22/1], Sub-item, 163a: Dedication of a Sickle by Philonikos
[1936/1/5/22/2], Sub-item, 163b: Dedication of Five Sickles [1936/1/5/22/3], Sub-item, 163c: Dedication Slab [1936/1/5/22/4], Sub-item, 163d: Inscribed Base of a Statue of a Victor [1936/1/5/22/5], Sub-item, 163e: Archaic Dedication [1936/1/5/22/6], Sub-item, 163f: Archaic Dedication [BSA SPHS/1/7530.C2672], Sickle inscription No. 2157 + 2160 from the Sparta Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia, 1908 [BSA SPHS/1/7531.C2673], Sparta: Votive inscription from near Magoula, 1906-1910 [BSA SPHS/1/4758.9708], Sparta: Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia columnar inscription No. 2721, 1910 |