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品名（中）	标准顶部
品名（英）	Top for standard
入馆年号	1949年，49.78.1
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 800 - 公元前 600
创作地区
分类
尺寸	4 9/16 × 2 3/16 × 11/16 英寸 (11.6 × 5.6 × 1.7 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个来自阿拉伯西南部的青铜香炉由一个设置在圆锥形底座上的圆柱形杯组成。矩形建筑形式暗示立面从杯子的正面向上延伸。它的脸上装饰着两条蛇，两侧是新月形的圆形圆盘，都是低浮雕的。单独铸造，站在底座上的野山羊从香炉的前部伸出，可以用作手柄。从公元前一千年中期到公元六世纪，阿拉伯西南部的王国通过控制阿拉伯半岛和地中海沿岸土地之间的香火贸易，获得了可观的财富和权力。乳香和没药是原产于阿拉伯南部的胶树脂，在古代世界被广泛重视，用于制备香、香水、化妆品和药品，以及用于宗教和丧葬仪式。香在阿拉伯西南部宗教中的重要性反映在这个物体上; 高地山羊和蛇是代表阳刚之气和生育能力的强大象征，并且经常与当地的神灵联系在一起。同样，圆盘和新月符号可能代表月神，他们万神殿的主神。鉴于这种宗教意象，这里描绘的建筑立面可能是一座寺庙的立面。改编自《古代近东艺术：教育工作者的资源》（2010）
介绍（英）	This bronze incense burner from southwestern Arabia consists of a cylindrical cup set on a conical base. A rectangular architectural form suggesting a facade extends upward from the cup’s front. Its face is decorated with two serpents flanking a round disk set within a crescent, all in low relief. Cast separately, an ibex standing on a plinth projects from the front of the incense burner and may serve as a handle. From the middle of the first millennium B.C. until the sixth century A.D., the kingdoms of southwestern Arabia gained considerable wealth and power through their control of the trade in incense between Arabia and the lands of the Mediterranean seacoast. Frankincense and myrrh, gum resins that are native to southern Arabia, were widely valued in the ancient world for the preparation of incense, perfumes, cosmetics, and medicines, as well as for use in religious and funerary ceremonies. The importance of incense in the religion of southwestern Arabia is reflected in this object; the ibex and snakes are powerful apotropaic symbols representing virility and fertility, and were frequently associated with local gods. The disk-and-crescent symbol, likewise, probably represents the moon god, the chief god of their pantheon. Given this religious imagery, the building facade depicted here is probably that of a temple. Adapted from, Art of the Ancient Near East: A Resource for Educators (2010)