野公羊的头 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	野公羊的头
品名（英）	Head of a wild ram
入馆年号	1917年，17.230.129
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 600 - 公元前 300
创作地区
分类
尺寸	11/16 × 11/16 × 5/16 英寸 (1.7 × 1.7 × 0.8 厘米)
介绍（中）	这尊金羊头雕塑是圆形的。它有带雕刻装饰的弯曲的角，尖耳朵，脸上有花纹，还有蓬松的胡子。考虑到头部的小尺寸，很难说它是如何制作的。它很可能是从一块金子上敲下来的，后来通过追逐添加了许多细节。脖子的线条并不完全笔直，这表明它可能曾经是一个更大人物的一部分。山羊，特别是野生山羊，是古代波斯图像学的一个重要方面。与平坦的美索不达米亚不同，伊朗有许多山脉，山羊以其独特的弯曲角成为伊朗身份的重要标志，甚至在该地区被称为"伊朗"之前
介绍（英）	This gold ram’s head sculpture is in the round. It has curved horns with incised decorations, pointed ears, chased details on its face, and a shaggy beard. Given the small size of the head it is difficult to say much about how it was made. It was most likely hammered from a single sheet of gold, with many details added later by chasing. The line of the neck is not completely straight, suggesting that it may have once been part of a larger figure. Goats, specifically wild mountain goats, were an important aspect of ancient Persian iconography. Unlike Mesopotamia, which is flat, Iran has many mountains, and mountain goats, with their distinctive curved horns, became important markers of Iranian identity, even before the region came to be known as ‘Iran.’

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