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II.—Excavations at Sparta, 1906: § I.—The Season's Work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2013

R. C. Bosanquet
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The year 1906 was marked by the inception of what seems likely to be the most extensive and productive piece of work yet undertaken by the British School at Athens. We take this opportunity of expressing our thanks to the Hellenic Government and the Ephor-General of Antiquities for the liberality with which permission to undertake the excavation of this important site was accorded to us, and for the constant support given to us in all the stages of the work. Among the officials of the Department of Antiquities we are particularly indebted to Dr. Soteriades, the Ephor appointed to reside at Sparta during the excavations, and among local officials, to the Demarch, the Treasurer and the Chief Engineer, thanks to whose co-operation many difficulties and obstacles were overcome, and to Mr. G. D. Kapsales, the efficient Curator of the Museum.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 12 , November 1906 , pp. 277 - 283
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1906

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page 279 note 1 I prefer the name Limnaeum: τὸ δὲ χωρίον τὸ ἐπονομαζόμενον Λιμναῖον ᾿Ορθίας ἰερόν ἐστιν (Paus. iii. 16. 6). But the name Artemisium has been engraved by an oversight in the General Plan (Plate VII.) and it seems best to avoid confusion by using it throughout this report.

page 279 note 2 Livy xxxiv. 28. Eurotam amnem sub ipsis prope fluentem moenibus. Cf. xxxv. 29.

page 280 note 1 When I first saw these in March 1906, they were being grubbed up by the owner of the ground. There has been much destruction of ancient remains in recent years, owing to the growth of New Sparta and the liberty given to the masons, who come in gangs from Langadhia in Arcadia and have no patriotic scruples about Spartan monuments.

page 281 note 1 Evidence is accumulating to show that the practice of stamping such tiles was commoner at Sparta than elsewhere. We may expect them to furnish many clues for the identification of sites in and about the city.

page 281 note 2 Vischer, (Erinnerungen, p. 379)Google Scholar was able to trace this part of the line in 1853, ‘namentlich fand ich an dem östlichen Abhang zwischen Psychiko und dem Odeon in grosser Ausdehnung Gemäuer, das kaum über den Boden hervorragt und wohl nur der Stadtmauer angehören kann.’.

page 281 note 3 See p. 293.

page 281 note 4 Rev. Arch. 1904, i. Pls. VII.–IX., and Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum, 1907, p. 39.

page 283 note 1 Dodwell, , Tour through Greece ii. 405.Google Scholar He was told that ‘many years ago a French milordos who visited Sparta, after having copied a great number of inscriptions, had the letters chiselled out and defaced.’ Compare Le Bas, in Exp. de la Morée, Architecture, ii. p. 67.Google Scholar Fourmont's accuracy as a copyist has recently been vindicated by DrWilhelm, in his Bericht über griechische Inschriften in Paris (Anz. der phil.-hist. Classe, 10 Juli, 1901, Vienna).Google Scholar On the results of an examination of his papers undertaken by Mr. Hasluck and Mr. Tillyard, see p. 478 below.