有角四足动物形式的船只 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	有角四足动物形式的船只
品名（英）	Vessel in form of horned quadruped
入馆年号	1943年，43.89.2
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 700 - 公元前 550
创作地区
分类
尺寸	16 1/8 × 5 7/8 × 14 3/4 英寸 (40.9 × 14.9 × 37.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个容器的形状是有角的动物，可能是一头公牛。它有四条圆柱形的腿和一个相似的脖子，有一个圆锥形的鼻子和角。它也有小圆锥形的耳朵和大而扁平的眼睛，瞳孔凸起。一个管状的手柄连接它的肩膀和它的后躯，它的胸部有一个圆形的倒水孔。这艘船是在伊朗西部卢里斯坦Pish-i Kuh（"山前"）地区的Chekka Sabz（也拼写为Chigha Sabz，意思是"绿色土丘"）挖掘的。它是在一个埋藏的物品中发现的，其中包括两个新埃兰圆柱形密封件，两个人形容器以及至少三个其他公牛形容器。这些印章可以追溯到公元前8-6世纪，与它们一起发现的陶器，包括这艘船，可能可以追溯到同一时期。虽然在青铜时代可能是一个小村庄，但到铁器时代，Chekka Sabz已经沦为露营地，也许是牧民在夏季和冬季牧场之间过渡时使用的。缓存似乎是匆忙埋葬的，很明显，埋葬这些物品的人没有或不能回来找回它们。来自Chekka Sabz的人像在他们面前紧握着双手。这个姿势在埃兰艺术中得到了证实，它似乎是在神面前做出的正确手势。因此，这些人物可能代表细心的崇拜者，并且很可能是供品。这艘船可能也是如此。
介绍（英）	This vessel takes the shape of a horned animal, probably a bull. It has four cylindrical legs and a similar neck, with a conical snout and horns. It also has small conical ears and large, flat eyes with raised pupils. A tubular handle connects its shoulders to its hindquarters, and there is a round pouring hole in its chest. This vessel was excavated at Chekka Sabz (also spelled Chigha Sabz, meaning ‘green mound’) in the Pish-i Kuh (‘before the mountain’) region of Luristan in western Iran. It was found in a buried cache of objects which included two Neo-Elamite cylinder seals, two vessels in the form of human figures, and at least three other bull-shaped vessels. The seals date to the 8th-6th centuries B.C., and the pottery found with them, including this vessel, likely date to the same period. Although probably a small village in the Bronze Age, by the Iron Age Chekka Sabz had been reduced to a campsite, perhaps used by pastoralists as they transitioned between summer and winter pastures. The cache seems to have been buried in haste, and it is clear that whoever buried the objects did not, or could not, return to recover them. The human figures from Chekka Sabz have their hands clasped before them. This pose is attested in Elamite art, where it appears to be the proper gesture to make in the presence of a god. Thus these figures probably represent attentive worshippers, and were likely meant to be offerings. The same is probably true of this vessel.