剑和剑鞘 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	剑和剑鞘
品名（英）	Sword and scabbard
入馆年号	1965年，65.28a, b
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 600 - 公元 700
创作地区
分类
尺寸	3 1/8 × 40 9/16 × 15/16 英寸 (8 × 103 × 2.4 厘米)
介绍（中）	萨珊王朝时期（公元224-651年）的国王几乎总是被描绘成腰带上悬挂着一把剑，这是适合战斗胜利者的主题。这把带有金色木制剑鞘的铁剑是萨珊人从匈牙利游牧民族中采用的类型的绝佳例子，这些游牧民族在伊斯兰时代开始前不久的六世纪和七世纪漫游欧洲和亚洲。它有一个长而窄的握把，有两个指托，刀鞘有一对P形突起，最初连接着两条不同长度的带子。带子将剑悬挂在战士的腰带上，即使是骑马的战士也可以轻松拔出。剑本身镶嵌着石榴石和玻璃，表面装饰着重叠的羽毛图案。在萨珊战士的头盔上可以看到类似的图案，这导致学者们认为它可能象征着琐罗亚斯德教的胜利之神Verethragna。已知还有其他几种这种类型的剑，有些是用金子安装的，有些是用银子安装的。在风格和技术上，它们都非常相似，尽管目前的例子是迄今为止最复杂的。
介绍（英）	Kings of the Sasanian period (224–651 A.D.) are almost always depicted with a sword suspended from the belt, a motif appropriate to the victor in combat. This iron sword with a gold-covered wooden scabbard is a splendid example of the type adopted by the Sasanians from the Hunnish nomads who roamed Europe and Asia in the sixth and seventh centuries, shortly before the beginning of the Islamic era. It has a long and narrow grip with two finger rests, and the scabbard has a pair of P-shaped projections to which two straps of different lengths were originally attached. The straps held the sword suspended from the warrior's belt in such a way that it could easily be drawn even by a warrior on horseback. The sword itself is inlaid with garnets and glass, and a pattern of overlapping feathers decorates the surface. That a similar pattern can be seen on the helmet of a Sasanian warrior has led scholars to suggest it may be symbolic of the Zoroastrian god of victory, Verethragna. Several other swords of this type are known, some mounted in gold, some in silver. Stylistically and technically, they are all very similar, although the present example is by far the most elaborate of the group.