终止于公牛早期的船只 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	终止于公牛早期的船只
品名（英）	Vessel terminating in the forepart of a bull
入馆年号	1989年，1989.281.11
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1400 - 公元前 1200
创作地区
分类
尺寸	7 1/16 × 5 1/16 × 8 7/16 英寸, 1.6 磅 (18 × 12.8 × 21.5 厘米, 0.7 kg)
介绍（中）	这个银制的饮水器的形状是一头公牛。这只动物是跪着的姿势，由两块银片和一个带凹槽的项圈连接而成。头部，短颈，巨大而强壮；曾经镶有镶嵌物的鼻子、椭圆形的眼睛和眉毛都雕刻得非常敏感。公牛的脸颊和下巴是由花瓣状的脊形成的，而腿部和肩部上方的肌肉组织则装饰着身体。胸部有一个突出的带水平起伏的露脐，这表明皮肤有褶皱。这些造型和装饰的特征可以在公元前1300年左右的其他赫梯公牛身上看到。因为赫梯人的文字描述他们的神被赋予了自己的饮水器，这些饮水器是以动物的形式制成的，所以可以假设这只器皿是与公牛有关联的赫梯风暴神特舒布的财产。
介绍（英）	This silver drinking vessel is shaped in the form of a bull. The animal is in a kneeling posture and is fashioned from two pieces of silver joined by a grooved collar. The head, with its short neck, is massive and strong; the nose and the oval eyes and brows that once held inlays were all sculpted with great sensitivity. The bull's cheeks and jowls are formed from petal-like ridges while further repoussé musculature decorates the body above the legs and shoulders. The chest has a prominent dewlap with horizontal undulations, which suggests folds of skin. These characteristics of modeling and decoration can be seen in representations of other Hittite bulls dating from around 1300 B.C. Because Hittite texts describe their gods as being given their own drinking vessels made in the form of their animal counterparts, it is plausible to assume that this vessel was the property of the Hittite storm god Teshub with whom the bull was associated.