The Ring of Minos

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/6388.C5178
Level Item
Description Glass negative, quarter plate size, a copy negative.
Dimensions 10x8 cm
Place Knossos
Dates 1928-1932
Donor/Creator The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies
Scope and Content The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Seal on gold signet ring: found in a Cretan vineyard".
Notes Earliest date based on the ring's discovery. Latest date based on the 1932 JHS Slide Accession list. Given the history of the ring, disappearing almost as soon as it was discovered, this may be a photograph of one of Evan's earlier copies.
Reference 1932 JHS 52: 18th accession to 1913 slide catalogue. lix.SPHS C.5178. Link to article