Mycenae: Octopus Vase from Tomb 529, Kalkani Cemetery

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/3549.C0764
Level Item
Description The film negative is approximately half plate size, an original negative.
Condition Black paint partly around vase to provide a uniform background.
Dimensions 16 x 12 cm
Place Mycenae: Kalkani Cemetery
Ancient Mycenae
Dates 1922
Donor/Creator The British School at Athens
Project Mycenae Excavation 1920-1923
Scope and Content Part of a collection of images of the BSA's 1920s excavations at Mycenae. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Mycenae, Tomb 529, octopus vase". Recorded in the register as from the 1922 season.
Notes Date is the year listed in the description of the image in the SPHS register. Note that the JHS 1922 slide catalogue caption refers to the date as L.M. II, not L.H.
Reference 1922 JHS 42: 8th accession to 1913 slide catalogue. lvi.SPHS C.764. Link to article
Wace, A.J. 1932. Chamber tombs at Mycenae. 82: pl. L.