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品名（中）	箭头
品名（英）	Arrowhead
入馆年号	1978年，1978.93.58
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1
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尺寸	0.1 x 0.51 x 2.05 英寸 (0.25 x 1.3 x 5.21 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个青铜箭头的形状像一片叶子，它有一个长长的唐。它是在伊朗北部的Shahr-i Qumis地表发现的，该古城已被确定为古城Hecatompylos，由帕提亚人在公元前200年左右建立为首都。在希腊语中，Hecatompylos的意思是"一百个门"，这表明这座城市相当大。事实上，现代考古遗址包括几个土丘，其中只有少数被挖掘出来，以及一个覆盖着盆栽的广阔区域。帕提亚人在古代以弓箭手而闻名，并以"帕提亚射击"命名，这是一种战术，其中骑乘的弓箭手在向敌人射箭的同时骑马远离敌人。 1967年，英国波斯研究所在Shahr-i Qumis的发掘工作由大都会艺术博物馆共同赞助。然而，这个箭头直到1971年才被发现，它是从英国研究所获得的，这是由于大都会为研究所在伊朗另一个地点Tepe Nush-i Jan的挖掘工作提供了财政捐助。当时伊朗政府允许外国挖掘机保留部分发现，这些挖掘机反过来将在支持这项工作的机构之间分配他们的份额。
介绍（英）	This bronze arrowhead is shaped like a leaf and it has a long tang. It was discovered on the surface at Shahr-i Qumis in northern Iran, which has been identified as the ancient city of Hecatompylos, established by the Parthians as their capital by about 200 B.C. In Greek Hecatompylos means ‘a hundred gates,’ suggesting that the city was quite large. Indeed, the modern archaeological site includes several mounds, only a few of which have been excavated, and a vast area covered with potsherds. The Parthians were famed in antiquity as archers, and gave their name to the ‘Parthian shot,’ a tactic in which a mounted archer rides away from his enemy while firing arrows at him. The excavations at Shahr-i Qumis by the British Institute of Persian Studies in 1967 were co-sponsored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. However, this arrowhead was not discovered until 1971, and it was acquired from the British Institute as a result of the Met’s financial contributions to the Institute’s excavations at Tepe Nush-i Jan, another site in Iran. At the time the Iranian government allowed foreign excavators to keep a portion of the finds, and these excavators in turn would divide their share among the institutions that supported the work.