镶嵌：一个坐着的人手持棕榈叶的宴会场景 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	镶嵌：一个坐着的人手持棕榈叶的宴会场景
品名（英）	Inlay: banquet scene with a seated figure holding a palm frond
入馆年号	1962年，62.70.47
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 2600 - 公元前 2500
创作地区
分类
尺寸	1.97 x 2.05 英寸 (5 x 5.21 厘米)
介绍（中）	这块牌匾是从一块珍珠贝壳上切下来的，形状像一个坐着的人物，面向左侧，缺少头部、脚和右臂。人物的性别不能由任何幸存的特征或服装来确定。身体完全覆盖，除了左手拿着一个树枝状物体，要么是棕榈叶，要么是枣铲，要么是鞭子或飞拂器等工具。装饰性边框由两条切割线标记，从膝盖延伸到下摆。这块牌匾可能是用沥青（一种用作粘合剂的焦油状物质）与贝壳和石头碎片镶嵌在一起，以形成对比色的组合物，这是早期王朝晚期的一种特色技术，例如著名的乌尔标准，现在在大英博物馆。尼普尔是美索不达米亚南部的伟大圣城，是主神恩利尔的故乡，也是恩利尔和许多其他神的寺庙。在伊南娜女神庙的发掘表明，该圣所最初建于早期王朝一时期，并在同一地点不断重建，直到大约三千年后的帕提亚时期。在寺庙中发现了数百件物品：雕像，石碗和牌匾，镶嵌物，家具附件和其他碎片物品，这些物品要么是囤积的，要么散落在整个建筑物中。
介绍（英）	This plaque is cut from a piece of pearly shell in the shape of a seated figure facing to the left, missing the head, feet and right arm. The figure’s gender cannot be determined by any surviving features or by the garment. The body is fully covered except for the left hand, which holds a branch-like object, either a palm frond, date spathe, or an implement such as a whip or fly whisk. A decorative border marked by two incised lines runs from the lap to the hem. The plaque was probably set in bitumen (a tar-like substance used as an adhesive) with pieces of shell and stone to create a composition in contrasting colors, a characteristic technique of the late Early Dynastic period exemplified by the well-known Standard of Ur, now in the British Museum. Nippur, the great holy city of southern Mesopotamia, was the home of the chief deity Enlil and housed temples to Enlil and many other gods. Excavations in the temple of the goddess Inanna have revealed that the sanctuary was first built in the Early Dynastic I period and continually rebuilt on the same site until the Parthian period, some three thousand years later. Hundreds of objects were discovered in the temple: statues, stone bowls and plaques, inlays, furniture attachments, and other fragmentary items, found either in hoards or scattered throughout the building.