狮子早期的地基桩 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	狮子早期的地基桩
品名（英）	Foundation peg in the form of the forepart of a lion
入馆年号	1948年，48.180
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 2200 - 公元前 2100
创作地区
分类
尺寸	4 5/8 × 3 3/16 × 3 5/16 英寸 (11.7 × 8.1 × 8.4 厘米)
介绍（中）	在阿卡德帝国崩溃和短暂的分散统治之后，一个来自美索不达米亚南部城市乌尔的王朝统治接管了美索不达米亚的大片地区，包括伊朗扎格罗斯山脉的地区，并统治了大约一百年（公元前2100-2000年）。在此期间，一些小统治者在帝国的边缘保持了他们的独立。其中包括美索不达米亚北部的乌尔基什王国和纳瓦尔王国，这是一个讲胡里安语的地区。根据它的铭文，这个咆哮狮子形式的青铜基础钉几乎可以肯定来自乌尔基什市，现代的泰尔莫赞。在卢浮宫现在的一件非常相似的作品上，狮子的爪子下握着一块白色的石碑，上面刻着名为Nergal神庙的铭文。这种和其他形式的钉子被放置在寺庙墙壁下的地基沉积物中，作为对神的奉献。它们出现在美索不达米亚北部代表了对南方习俗的采用。
介绍（英）	After the collapse of the Akkadian Empire and a brief period of decentralized rule, a dynasty ruling from the southern Mesopotamian city of Ur took over a large area of Mesopotamia, including areas in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, and ruled for about one hundred years (2100–2000 B.C.). During this period, a number of minor rulers maintained their independence at the margins of the empire. Among them were the kingdoms of Urkish and Nawar in northern Mesopotamia, a Hurrian-speaking area. Based on its inscription, this bronze foundation peg in the form of a snarling lion almost certainly comes from the city of Urkish, modern Tell Mozan. On a very similar piece now in the Louvre, the lion holds under its paws a white stone tablet with an inscription that names the temple of the god Nergal. Pegs of this and other forms were placed in foundation deposits under temple walls as a dedication to the god. Their appearance in northern Mesopotamia represents the adoption of a practice from the south.