Sparta, Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia: Female terracotta heads and miniature masks

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 02/2/8301.NN11
Level Item
Description Photographs pasted onto a card with SPHS catalogue information on reverse.
Dimensions Card: 23 x 28cm
Place Sparta Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia
Ancient Sparta
Dates 1906-1910
Donor/Creator The British School at Athens
Project Sparta Excavation 1906-1910
Scope and Content Part of the collection of images, 1906-10, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. Uncatalogued print with no number and not listed in the SPHS negative register.
Notes Earliest date on the excavation of Sparta and the latest date based on the publication of the image. The description of the image on reverse reads: "Sparta: Artemis Orthia site. Female Terracotta heads. Miniature masks (4th cent.) BSA XIV p. 61 fig. 5; p. 72 fig. 8". Objects from SPHS 6771, SPHS 6773, SPHS 6779, and SPHS 6782 comprise these mock-ups of published figures (see related records).
Related records [BSA SPHS 01/2489.6771], Sparta, Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia: Terracotta figurine heads and three vase fragments with moulded heads, 1906-1910
[BSA SPHS 02/2/7813.6771], Sparta, Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia: Terracotta figurine heads and three vase fragments with moulded heads, 1908-1910
[BSA SPHS 01/2491.6773], Sparta, Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia: Terracotta figurine heads, 1906-1908
[BSA SPHS 02/2/7815.6773], Sparta, Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia: Terracotta figurine heads, 1906-1908
[BSA SPHS 01/2497.6779], Sparta, Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia: Terracotta figurines, 1906-1908
[BSA SPHS 02/2/7821.6779], Sparta, Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia: Terracotta figurines, 1906-1908
[BSA SPHS 01/2500.6782], Sparta, Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia: Terracotta figurines, 1906-1908
[BSA SPHS 02/2/7824.6782], Sparta, Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia: Terracotta figurines, 1906-1908
Reference 1908. BSA 14: 61, fig. 5. Link to article
1908. BSA 14: 72, fig. 8. Link to article