Constantinople (Ancient Hippidrome): The Plataean Serpent visible between objects and the near minaret

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/1302.3335
Level Item
Description Glass negative, half plate size, a copy negative.
Dimensions 16 x 12 cm
Place Serpent Column
Istanbul
Dates Latest 1905
Donor/Creator Munro, Mr John Arthur Ruskin
Scope and Content The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Constantinople: Hippodrome. The Plataean Serpent is visible between the objects & the near minaret".
Notes Latest date based on the inclusion of the image in the 1905 slide catalogue - JHS 25. Note that the "Plataean Serpant" is also referred to as the Serpentine Column, Plataean Tripod or the Delphi Tripod.
Reference 1905 JHS 25: 1st accession to 1904 slide catalogue. lxii.SPHS 3335. Link to article
1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 22.SPHS 3335. Link to article