Melos, Phylakopi: Flying fish fresco

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/8043.7007
Level Item
Description Glass negative, originally full plate size, a copy negative.
Condition Broken glass: hairline fracture
Dimensions 17.5 x 12.5 cm
Place Phylakopi
Melos Island
Dates 1896-1899
Donor/Creator The British School at Athens
Project Melos Campaign 1896-1899
Scope and Content Part of a group of images from explorations and excavations on the island of Melos conducted by the British School at Athens from 1896 to 1899. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Phylakopi:a) Flying fish fresco Phyl. III b) arms holding Phylakopi p.273".
Notes The dates are based on the excavation seasons at Phylakopi, although it must date prior to 1904 when it appears in the site publication and the 1904 slide catalogue. Other Collections: The image is duplicated in slide format in the Ashmolean Lantern Slide Teaching Collection, Oxford University, catalogue number XJ30 as "Melos: flying-fish (fresco)".
Related records [BSA SPHS 03/2724.7007], Melos, Phylakopi: Flying fish fresco, 1896-1899
Reference Atkinson, T.D. et al. 1904. Excavations at Phylakopi in Melos. 4: pl. III.
1904 JHS 24: Catalogue of Slides. cv.SPHS 7007. Link to article
1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 61.SPHS 7007. Link to article