STANDING CASE F. Replica of Snake Goddess

Accession Number AN1896-1908.AE.1114
Year c. 1903
Dimensions h. 29 cm
Medium plaster
Location Ashmolean Museum
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The objects from the Temple Repositories were discovered and excavated in 1903. Among them were a large number of faience objects, some fragmentary. The artist Halvor Bagge was employed to restore objects including the snake goddesses, and he also produced plaster replicas of these finds.

Bibliography

Evans, Arthur. 1903. “The Palace of Knossos: Provisional Report for the Year 1903”, Annual of the British School at Athens 9 (1903), pp. 38-94, fig. 56-57.

Evans, Arthur. 1921. The Palace of Minos at Knossos, I, pp. 463-472

Myres, John (ed.). 1936. British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, p. 17