Sparta with Taygetos mountains in background

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/2678.6961
Level Item
Description Film negative, approximately half plate size, an original negative.
Dimensions 16 x 12 cm
Place Sparta
Dates 1907
Donor/Creator The British School at Athens
Project Sparta Excavation 1906-1910
Scope and Content Part of the collection of images, 1906-1910, of the British School at Athens excavations at Sparta, Laconia. The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Sparta: with Taygetus".
Notes Date is based on BSA Corporate Records - Excavation Reports. Sparta 1906, 1924-27, 1950, 1954 - Sparta Negatives for 1906 (1-18; 199-207) Negatives for 1907 (101-198). The caption reads: "Athena Chalcioecus, The modern town and Taygetus from the acropolis". The number 164 is written on the border of the negative, then struck out with a line.