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品名（中）	Ibis头
品名（英）	Ibis head
入馆年号	1890年，90.6.59
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 664 - 公元前 30
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	高 13.9 厘米 (5 1/2 英寸); 宽 3.6 厘米 (1 7/16 英寸); 深 13.9 厘米 (5 1/2 英寸)
介绍（中）	眼睛中镶嵌的玻璃材料使这款宜必思头像栩栩如生，诱人。这只优雅的鸟对智慧、抄写功能和学习之神透特来说是神圣的。朱鹮在铜质金属中的代表是一些数量最多的神圣动物小雕像，还有猫、猎鹰和阿皮斯公牛。朱鹮在公元前一千年的盛行，以及动物崇拜的吸引力，也可以在埃及各地的数千具幸存的朱鹮木乃伊中看到，这些木乃伊在动物墓穴（地下墓穴）中提供。这只朱鹮头像本来是一个大型而气势磅礴的复合小雕像的一部分，头部和腿部由铜质金属制成，身体由木头、石头或其他材料制成。组合材料的技术在埃及雕像中是众所周知的，在崇拜的奉献中，特别常用于朱鹮代表。像这样的朱鹮小雕像在朱鹮木乃伊的地下墓穴中以及与寺庙或神社有关的藏匿处也被发现。
介绍（英）	Inlaid vitreous material in the eyes gives this ibis head a life-like and alluring appearance. This elegant bird was sacred to Thoth, the god of wisdom, scribal functions, and learning. Representations of the ibis in cupreous metal are some of the most numerous sacred animal statuettes, alongside the cat, falcon, and Apis bull. The prevalence of the ibis during the first millennium BC, and the appeal of animal cult in general, can also be seen in the thousands of surviving ibis mummies, which were offered in animal necropoleis (catacombs) throughout Egypt. This ibis head would have been part of a large and imposing composite statuette, with the head and legs made of cupreous metal, and the body made of wood, stone, or another material. The technique of combining materials is well known for Egyptian statuary, and among cult dedications, was commonly used for ibis representations in particular. Ibis statuettes such as this have been found in the catacombs with ibis mummies and also in caches related to temples or shrines.