树形牌匾 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	树形牌匾
品名（英）	Plaque in the form of a tree
入馆年号	1958年，58.31.22
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 900 - 公元前 700
创作地区
分类
尺寸	1.85 x 0.14 英寸 (4.7 x 0.36 厘米)
介绍（中）	这块精致的牌匾被精细地刻有一棵程式化的树的形象。树干由蜗壳连接的阴影部分组成，顶部是九个分支的扇形组，每个分支的末端都有一个类似于一束水果或松果的元素。斑块在几个区域断裂，但保留了从右侧延伸的附加分支的碎片。与此类似的风格化树木，今天被广泛称为"神树"，经常出现在装饰尼姆鲁德阿舒尔纳西尔帕尔二世宫殿墙壁的巨大石雕上，也在大都会博物馆的收藏中（例如，参见32.143.3.).这个小物件可能被用作一件家具或奢侈品的装饰镶嵌物。繁荣的植物生命的图像似乎唤起了与农业周期相关的丰富和硕果的概念，尽管我们不知道亚述的"圣树"是否还有其他特定意义。
介绍（英）	This delicate plaque is finely incised with the image of a stylized tree. The trunk is made up of hatched sections connected by volutes, topped by a fan-shaped group of nine branches, each ending in an element that resembles a bunch of fruit or a pinecone. The plaque is broken in several areas, but a fragment of an additional branch is preserved extending from the right side. Stylized trees similar to this one, widely known today as "sacred trees," are represented frequently on the monumental stone reliefs that decorated the walls of the palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud, also in the Metropolitan Museum’s collection (see, for example, 32.143.3.). This small object was probably used as a decorative inlay for a piece of furniture or luxury object. Images of flourishing plant life seem to have evoked concepts of abundance and fruitfulness connected with the agricultural cycle, although we do not know whether the Assyrian "sacred tree" had other specific significance.