男人拿着一个盒子，可能是为了献祭 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	男人拿着一个盒子，可能是为了献祭
品名（英）	Man carrying a box, possibly for offerings
入馆年号	1955年，55.142
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 2900
创作地区
分类
尺寸	高 37.8 x 宽 12.3 x 深 9.7 厘米 (14 7/8 x 4 7/8 x 3 7/8 英寸)
介绍（中）	神庙是王朝早期（公元前2900年至2350年）美索不达米亚城市中最重要的机构。每个城市都有一位守护神，他的神庙建在一个大平台上，在平坦的乡村中可以远距离看到。这座寺庙实际上是上帝的住所和仪式场所，但它也是当时最重要的经济机构，有大量的劳动力在其田地里劳作，生产供寺庙使用的商品，并与遥远的土地进行贸易。寺庙建筑有自己的一系列仪式，包括净化寺庙所在的地面，并将地基沉积物奉献给常驻的神这个裸体男子头上顶着一个盒子的形象是苏美尔金属雕塑的一个很好的例子。在王朝早期，只有某些类别的人被描绘成裸体：牧师、运动员、神话英雄和战俘。这幅图让人想起了牧师携带祭品的场景，其中携带的物品可能是寺庙的地基沉积物或与其建筑相关的祭品。
介绍（英）	Temples were the most important institutions in Mesopotamian cities of the Early Dynastic period (2900–2350 B.C.). Each city had a patron deity, whose temple was built on a large platform and was visible for great distances in the flat countryside. The temple was literally a house for the god and a place of ritual, but it was also the most significant economic institution of the time, with large numbers of laborers to work its fields, produce goods for use in the temple, and to trade with distant lands. Temple building had its own series of rituals, including purifying the ground on which the temple would stand and dedicating foundation deposits to the resident god. This figure of a nude man carrying a box on his head is a fine example of Sumerian sculpture in metal. Only certain categories of people were represented as nude in the Early Dynastic period: priests, athletes, mythological heroes, and prisoners of war. This figure, reminiscent of scenes depicting priests carrying offerings, carries an object that might be a temple foundation deposit or offering related to its building.