圆形中人头的下半部分 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	圆形中人头的下半部分
品名（英）	Lower half of a human head in the round
入馆年号	1965年，65.163.6
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 800
创作地区
分类
尺寸	1 3/4 × 1 3/16 × 3/4 英寸 (4.4 × 3 × 1.95 厘米)
介绍（中）	在伊朗哈桑鲁的发掘中发现了大量的雕刻象牙碎片，这些碎片可能装饰了木制家具或被用作盒子等小型珍贵物品。哈桑鲁的城堡在公元前 800 年左右遭到袭击和摧毁，很可能是强大的乌拉尔图国的军队袭击和摧毁的，乌拉尔图以今天的亚美尼亚、土耳其东部和伊朗西北部为中心。在摧毁城堡的大火中，许多物体被压碎和破碎。大多数哈桑鲁象牙的黑色外观是由于它们在城堡被摧毁时暴露在高温下。这个圆形雕刻的头部在眼睛下方断裂，失去了鼻子，但雕塑家的技巧在高颧骨、突出的下巴裂和上唇略微突出的全嘴的敏感造型中显而易见。眼窝被挖空以接收镶嵌物，现在不见了。背部也被折断，没有留下头部如何连接到另一个元素的清晰痕迹。它光滑，没有胡须的脸和纤细的脖子表明它描绘了一个女性形象。
介绍（英）	Excavations at Hasanlu in Iran yielded a large number of carved ivory fragments which probably decorated wooden furniture or were used as small precious objects such as boxes. The citadel at Hasanlu was attacked and destroyed around 800 B.C., most likely by military forces of the powerful state of Urartu, centered in present-day Armenia, eastern Turkey, and northwestern Iran. In the fire that destroyed the citadel, many objects were crushed and shattered. The blackened appearance of most of the Hasanlu ivories is due to their exposure to high temperatures at the time of the citadel’s destruction. This head carved in the round is broken just below the eyes and missing its nose, but the sculptor’s skill is evident in the sensitive modeling of the high cheekbones, prominent cleft chin, and the full mouth with its slightly projecting upper lip. The eye sockets were hollowed out to receive inlays, now missing. The back is also broken away, leaving no clear trace of how the head was attached to another element. Its smooth, beardless face and slender neck suggest it depicts a female figure.