Sparta, Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia: Terracotta mask

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/3061.8061
Level Item
Description Glass negative, full plate size, a copy negative.
Dimensions 24 x 17.5 cm
Place Sparta Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia
Ancient Sparta
Dates 1906-1909
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: mask, a satyr".
Notes Earliest date is based on the first season of excavation at Sparta and the latest date based on the image appearing in the 1909 SPHS slide accession list.
Reference 1909 JHS 29: 5th accession to 1904 slide catalogue. lxxxi.SPHS 8061. Link to article
Dawkins, R.M. 1929. The sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta. pl. LXII.