带有宗教场景的印章（八角形金字塔） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	带有宗教场景的印章（八角形金字塔）
品名（英）	Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with cultic scene
入馆年号	1886年，86.11.35
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
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创作年份	公元前 800 - 公元前 600
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尺寸	Seal Face: 2.41 x 1.55 厘米高: 3.12 厘米 String Hole: 0.2 厘米
介绍（中）	这枚邮票印章描绘了一个跪在神圣符号前的人物。这个人物留着胡子，戴着王冠，举起双手，做出祈祷和恳求的手势。在他面前可以看到一条长冽坷巍的穆什胡什舒，这条复合龙与巴比伦的首席神马尔杜克特别相关，他的铁锹"标准"从它的背上升起。mushhushshu和铁锹标准可能代表了一个真正的祭坛，人物跪在祭坛前，但构图的其他元素是抽象的神圣符号：标准后面是一个类似于希腊字母"omega"的符号，场景上方是一个带翅膀的圆盘。许多新巴比伦印章设计显示一个站立或跪着的崇拜者在神圣符号或祭坛前举起双手。在某些情况下，这个人物没有胡须，显然是一名牧师;在其他情况下，如这里，该人物可能代表牧师或国王。虽然通常雕刻得非常精细，但印章以其构图的简单性而著称，并且对于古代近东印章来说，它们包含大面积的空白、未雕刻的空间。
介绍（英）	This stamp seal depicts a kneeling figure before divine symbols. The figure, bearded and wearing a diadem, raises his hands in a gesture of prayer and supplication. Before him can be seen a couchant mushhushshu, the composite dragon associated particularly with Babylon’s chief deity Marduk, whose spade "standard" rises from its back. It is possible that the mushhushshu and spade standard represent a real altar before which the figure kneels, but other elements of the composition are abstract divine symbols: behind the standard sits a symbol resembling the Greek letter "omega," and above the scene is a winged disc. Many Neo-Babylonian seal designs show a standing or kneeling worshipper with raised hands before divine symbols or an altar. In some cases the figure is beardless and clearly a priest; in others, as here, the figure may represent a priest or king. Although often very finely carved, the seals are notable for the simplicity of their compositions and, unusually for ancient Near Eastern seals, their inclusion of large areas of blank, uncarved space.