耳环 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	耳环
品名（英）	Earring
入馆年号	1933年，33.35.45
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 2600 - 公元前 2500
创作地区
分类
尺寸	3 1/16 × 3 1/8 × 1 5/16 英寸 (7.7 × 7.9 × 3.3 厘米)
介绍（中）	这些耳环（MMA33.35.45和MMA33.35.46）来自所谓的大死亡坑，该坑可能是一座皇家陵墓的一部分，其石室几乎被完全摧毁。坑里摆放着六名武装男子和六十八名被认为是妇女或年轻女孩的尸体，他们都佩戴着由黄金、青金石和玛瑙制成的最华丽的珠宝这些耳环是典型的皇家陵墓耳环。由两块金片制成，每块金片的形状都像一个空心的新月形或两端凸起的敞口船。新月形是在沥青芯上成形的。Woolley确认这些物品是耳环，因为它们经常成对出现在头骨旁边。他暗示那枚别针可能穿过了耳垂。然而，另一种可能性是，它们挂在耳朵旁边，但系在头饰上。
介绍（英）	These earrings (MMA 33.35.45 and MMA 33.35.46) come from the so-called Great Death Pit, which was probably part of a royal tomb with an almost totally destroyed stone chamber. Laid out in the pit were the bodies of six armed men and sixty-eight people thought to be women or young girls, all adorned with the most splendid jewelry made of gold, lapis lazuli, and carnelian. The earrings are typical of those from the royal tombs. Made from two pieces of gold sheet, each is shaped like a hollow crescent or open boat with raised ends. The crescents were shaped over a bitumen core. Woolley identified these objects as earrings because they were regularly found in pairs beside the skull. He suggested that the pin could have passed through the lobe of the ear. Another possibility, however, is that they hung beside the ear but were attached to a headdress.

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