项链吊坠和珠子 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	项链吊坠和珠子
品名（英）	Necklace pendants and beads
入馆年号	1947年，47.1a-h
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1800 - 公元前 1600
创作地区
分类
尺寸	长 42 英寸 (3.6 厘米) 深 of largest medallion 1 3/8 英寸 (3.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	这些金吊坠和珠子体现了古代近东最好的黄金工艺，每一个都代表着一个神或神的象征。这两个戴着角头饰和长荷叶边连衣裙的女性形象，可能代表着保护女神喇嘛；圆盘上的光线从中心凸起处散发出来，代表着太阳神沙玛什；分叉的闪电是风暴神阿达德的象征。这两个带有颗粒状玫瑰花结的圆盘可能是以金星为代表的爱与战争女神伊什塔尔的象征。在后来的亚述墙浮雕中，王室人物的雕像上可以找到带有类似符号的项链，可能是珠宝和护身符很难确定该群体的年代，因为所使用的技术和图像在公元前第二个千年的上半叶就已经为人所知。在叙利亚西部埃布拉的一座坟墓和美索不达米亚南部拉尔萨的一座私人住宅中也发现了类似的带有大量颗粒的金盘。宝藏中的其他物品似乎制作得更早，保存了几个世纪。这样的宝藏可能是由珠宝商收集和保管的，而珠宝商会使用这些材料。
介绍（英）	These gold pendants and beads exemplify the finest craftsmanship in gold from the ancient Near East, and each represents a deity or the symbol of a deity. The two female figures, wearing horned headdresses and long flounced dresses, probably represent Lama, a protective goddess; the disk with rays emanating from a central boss represents Shamash, the sun god; and the forked lightning is the symbol for Adad, the storm god. The two disks with granulated rosettes may be symbols of Ishtar, goddess of love and war represented by the planet Venus. Necklaces with similar symbols can be found on the figures of royal personages in later Assyrian wall reliefs and probably served as both jewelry and talismans. It is difficult to date the group because the technique and imagery employed were known throughout the first half of the second millennium B.C. Similar gold disks with extensive granulation have been found in a tomb at Ebla in western Syria and in a private house at Larsa in southern Mesopotamia. Other objects in the hoard seem to have been made earlier and kept for centuries. It is possible that such a hoard would have been gathered and kept by a jeweler, who would have use for such materials.