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品名（中）	獒
品名（英）	Mastiff
入馆年号	1989年，1989.233
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1595 - 公元前 1300
创作地区
分类
尺寸	16 11/16 × 7 15/16 × 14 3/16 英寸 (42.4 × 20.2 × 36 厘米)
介绍（中）	从最早的时代开始，狗就经常出现在美索不达米亚的艺术中，并且在公元前二千年后期在巴比伦中部特别受欢迎。这种粘土獒犬内部是空心的。它身上保留了多色的痕迹，眼睛里还残留着镶嵌物。动物的前额皱纹、鼻子、牙齿和肌肉发达的肩膀被仔细描绘。一个编织的项圈环绕着狗的脖子，它的尾巴折叠在右后腿上。它的头顶有一个洞，可能是古代的标准，可能类似于大都会收藏的当代印章雕刻（1985.357.44）。在古代近东，狗经常与治愈女神古拉联系在一起。这只狗被描绘成一个警惕的姿势——坐着，张开嘴巴，耳朵朝前，现在部分破碎——可能被设定为监护人和旗手。卡西特艺术家特别擅长雕刻粘土，创作雕塑和三维砖块。
介绍（英）	Dogs were regularly represented in the arts of Mesopotamia from earliest times, and were particularly popular in the later second millennium B.C. in central Babylonia. This clay mastiff is hollow on the inside. It retains traces of polychromy on its body, and remains of inlay in its eyes. The animal’s forehead wrinkles, snout, teeth, and muscular shoulders are carefully depicted. A braided collar circles the dog’s neck, and its tail is shown folded around its right hind leg. There is a hole at the top of its head, which may have held a standard in antiquity, perhaps similar to that shown in a contemporary seal carving in the Metropolitan's collection (1985.357.44). In the ancient Near East, dogs were often associated with Gula, the goddess of healing. This dog is depicted in a watchful pose – seated, with an open mouth and forward-facing ears, now partially broken – and may have been set up as a guardian figure as well as a standard-bearer. Kassite artists were particularly skilled in sculpting clay, creating both sculptures and three dimensional brick compositions.