Corinth Object: C 1932 139a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1932 139a
Title:   EARLY CORINTHIAN OLPE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1932
Object Number:   139
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   C-1932-139B C-1932-139C
Description:   Small fragment from lower body of an Early Corinthian olpe.
Decoration:   Tips of rays at bottom, broad black band, then at least three animal friezes separated by narrow black bands: Bottom: hounds chasing rabbit into a net, to r. Middle: deer and feet of a bird or siren and three animals, to r. Top: hind quarter of horse to l., at end of frieze, field of black glaze with white dot rosette on black field. No filling ornament.
Material:   Fine buff Corinthian clay.
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of body.
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.081, W. 0.09
Period:   Early Corinthian (620/615-595/590)
Bibliography:   Corinth VII.i #218; AJA 1937, p.218 #1; Amyx CorVP. p. Ptr. of Corinth Hare Hunt. Benson, ECWorkshops p. 65 Hare Hunt Ptr.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Weinberg, Corinth 7:1, 1943
Publication: Amyx, Corinthian Vase-Painting of the ... 1988
Publication: Boulter, American Journal of Archaeolog41:2... 1937