石灰石陪葬碑（竖井），带有“塞浦路斯首都” - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	石灰石陪葬碑（竖井），带有“塞浦路斯首都”
品名（英）	Limestone funerary stele (shaft) with a "Cypriot capital"
入馆年号	1874年，74.51.2493
策展部门	希腊和罗马艺术（Greek and Roman Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 499 - 公元前 400
创作地区
分类	石雕（Stone Sculpture）
尺寸	整体: 54 x 32英寸 (137.1 x 81.3厘米)
介绍（中）	公元前七世纪至五世纪，塞浦路斯雕刻了长方形的柱身，柱顶是这样的柱头。大多数柱身来自Golgoi或Idalion。首都由几个在东地中海世界广为人知的图案组成。一个Aeolic的首都，以三角形底部出现的两个漩涡为标志，支撑着两对弯曲的叶子，叶子之间升起了一棵"生命之树"，两侧是狮身人面像。Aeolic风格的首都源自青铜时代的花卉图案。已知最早的这种石头柱头可以追溯到公元前十至九世纪，在巴勒斯坦发现。他们显然受到了腓尼基例子的影响，很可能是腓尼基人把这个主题带到了塞浦路斯。对称、风格化的"生命之树"主题也起源于青铜时代，并在整个东地中海地区的各种媒体中使用。这两个主题都有生育和自然更新的含义。
介绍（英）	Rectangular shafts topped by capitals such as this were carved on Cyprus from the seventh through the fifth centuries B.C. Most come from Golgoi or Idalion. The capital is composed of several motifs that were well known in the eastern Mediterranean world. An Aeolic capital, marked by two volutes emerging from a triangular base, serves as support for two pairs of curving fronds between which rises a "tree of life" flanked by sphinxes. The Aeolic-style capital derived from floral motifs that go back in date to the Bronze Age. The earliest known stone capitals of this type date to the tenth to ninth century B.C. and were found in Palestine. They were apparently influenced by Phoenician examples, and it may well have been the Phoenicians who brought the motif to Cyprus. The symmetrical, stylized "tree of life" motif also originated in the Bronze Age and was used in a wide variety of media throughout the eastern Mediterranean area. Both motifs have connotations of fertility and the renovation of nature.