Palaikastro: Larnax with griffin(?)

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/2880.7293
Level Item
Description Glass negative, full pate size, a copy negative.
Dimensions 21.5 x 16 cm
Place Palaikastro: Salandari
Palaikastro
Dates Earliest 1901
Donor/Creator The British School at Athens
Scope and Content Part of a group of images from the British School at Athens excavations at Palaikastro, Crete in the 1902-1905. The original description in the SPHS negative register reads: "Palaikastro: larnax, griffin".
Notes The painted larnax was discovered in 1901 by Mr. J. H. Marshall who had come over from the excavations at Praisos on an exploratory mission (BSA 8: 297). Written on the negative is the number 70.
Reference 1902. BSA 8: pl. XIX. Link to article