| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | S 196 | |
| Title: | RELIEF: MAN WITH DOG | |
| Category: | Sculpture | |
| Category Code: | S | |
| Object Number: | 196 | |
| Old Number: | S-XXXX-0187 S-XXXX-0250 lapsed | |
| Description: | Male figure standing frontal; weight on l. leg, r. slightly bent and foot turned out; body turned slightly to proper left; musculature of neck suggests that head probably in profile to proper l.;nude with chlamys clasped at r. shoulder, leaving rt. side bare; hem reaches mid-thigh on l. side; r. arm at side w/ forearm slightly forward so wrist almost in round; l. arm bent at elbow and raised so hand would have been at shoulder-level; l. hand held top of hunting spear; feet bare. Dog seated on ground in profile to rt. to proper lt. of figure, in front of spear butt; long tail extended onto plinth. Coarse claw chisel on plinth top and face, faint on background; sides and back of stele worked with point; clamp cutting in lt. edge 1.16 m. above bottom,W00.05. Depth of relief greater on proper r. side than l. | |
| Attributes: | Spear Dog | |
| Material: | Fine-crystalled white marble | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Three joining frgts., RIP, preserving figure from neck to feet, all rt. leg except for thin parts of thigh, upper leg, lt. leg from calf to foot, rt. arm to wrist, edge of lt. upper arm, staff; hindquarters, forepaws of dog. Slab: parts of both sides, b | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W01.05 (stele) W00.25 (shoulders-sternum) W00.08 (foot) H00.16 (plinth) T00.087 (slab) Proj00.134 (plinth) H00.09 (relief) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H01.745 (max. as RIP) H01.40 (figure to shoulder) | |
| Area: | Propylaia | |
| Context: | NB8 P55 | |
| Bibliography: | AJA 1909 P165-9, Carpenter, Guide, P71 N6; Johnson 1931, Corinth 9, cat. 247; AE 1977 P23-28, Ridgeway, Hesperia 1981 P437; Ajootian 2014, Hesperia 83.2, cat. 1 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Ajootian, Hesperia 83:2, 2014 Publication: Gardiner, American Journal of Archaeolog13:2... 1909a Publication: Ridgway, Hesperia 50:4, 1981 Monument: Propylaia Images (7) Basket: NB8 P55 Notebook Page: NB 8, spread 40 (p. 71) |
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