I managed to find the slides I took, basically just for myself, from the Sparta Museum (one of my favorite towns, and with a museum in a lovely park in the center). Around the walls of the main
gallery are a dozen or so cases of finds,
votive offerings by the hundreds, from the sanctuaries, the Menelaion, the sanctuary of
Artemis Orthia (the richest in finds), the sanctuary of
Apollo at Amyklai. This is the only slide
sharp enough to scan. The spits were lying flat in cases in the center of the room. I did take a picture of the little lead soldiers mentioned at your web site, but the case was on the darker
side of the room. They are votives, rather than toys from children's graves, which are large and sturdy enough to children to play with. In the closed cabinets below the vitrines lots more of everything is stored in boxes. I'm assuming Sparta hasn't gotten a new museum in the last 20 years.
Pat L.
