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品名（中）	魔术棒碎片
品名（英）	Magic Wand fragment
入馆年号	1922年，22.1.79b
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1850 - 公元前 1775
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	长 20 × 宽 6.2 × 高 7.8 × Th. 0.8 厘米 (7 7/8 × 2 7/16 × 3 1/16 × 5/16 英寸)
介绍（中）	这个河马（俗称"威廉"）的小雕像是用彩陶模制而成的，彩陶是一种由磨碎石英制成的陶瓷材料。在蓝色的釉料下，身体上涂满了莲花。这些河流植物描绘了动物生活的沼泽，但同时它们的花朵也象征着再生和重生，因为它们每晚关闭并在早上再次开放。这个雕像呈现的看似温和的外观具有欺骗性。对于古埃及人来说，河马是他们世界上最危险的动物之一。这些巨大的生物对小型渔船和其他河船来说是一种危险。在前往来世的旅程中，也可能在水路上遇到野兽。因此，河马是一种自然力量，无论是今生还是来世都需要得到扶植和控制。这个例子是在梅厄（Meir）的管家森比二世（Senbi II）的墓室教堂中发现的一对竖井中发现的，梅厄是现代阿斯尤特以南约三十英里的上埃及遗址。它的三条腿已经恢复，因为它们可能是故意折断的，以防止生物伤害死者。河马是Senbi的埋葬设备的一部分，其中包括一个天篷箱（也在大都会博物馆），一个棺材以及许多船只和食品生产模型。河马的现代昵称首次出现在1931年英国幽默杂志Punch上的一篇报道中。它报道了一个家庭查阅大都会河马的彩色印刷品 - 它称之为"威廉" - 作为神谕。同年，大都会博物馆在博物馆的公报上重新发表了这个故事，威廉这个名字流行起来！链接到威廉100登陆页面河马威廉：在大都会庆祝100周年链接到#MetKids博客河马威廉的#MetKids问题链接到第82和第5< a href="http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/precaution">预防措施
介绍（英）	This statuette of a hippopotamus (popularly called "William") was molded in faience, a ceramic material made of ground quartz. Beneath the blue glaze, the body was painted with lotuses. These river plants depict the marshes in which the animal lived, but at the same time their flowers also symbolize regeneration and rebirth as they close every night and open again in the morning. The seemingly benign appearance that this figurine presents is deceptive. To the ancient Egyptians, the hippopotamus was one of the most dangerous animals in their world. The huge creatures were a hazard for small fishing boats and other rivercraft. The beast might also be encountered on the waterways in the journey to the afterlife. As such, the hippopotamus was a force of nature that needed to be propitiated and controlled, both in this life and the next. This example was one of a pair found in a shaft associated with the tomb chapel of the steward Senbi II at Meir, an Upper Egyptian site about thirty miles south of modern Asyut. Three of its legs have been restored because they were probably purposely broken to prevent the creature from harming the deceased. The hippo was part of Senbi's burial equipment, which included a canopic box (also in the Metropolitan Museum), a coffin, and numerous models of boats and food production. The hippo's modern nickname first appeared in 1931 in a story that was published in the British humor magazine Punch. It reports about a family that consults a color print of the Met’s hippo—which it calls "William"—as an oracle. The Met republished the story the same year in the Museum’s Bulletin, and the name William caught on! Link to the William 100 Landing Page William the Hippo: Celebrating 100 Years at The Met Link to a #MetKids blog A #MetKids Question for William the Hippo Link to 82nd & Fifth Precaution