带有人头公牛原型形状把手的花瓶 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	带有人头公牛原型形状把手的花瓶
品名（英）	Vase with a handle in the form of a human-headed bull protome
入馆年号	1943年，43.102.45a
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 800 - 公元前 600
创作地区
分类
尺寸	5 9/16 × 5 3/8 × 2 5/16 英寸 (14.2 × 13.6 × 5.9 厘米)
介绍（中）	这件法恩斯器皿的外部有雕刻装饰，包括两排竖线，边缘下方的竖线之间有一个海鸠图案。船的身体有一个风格化的人物面向前方，右边是一只大鸟。一个原型，可能是一个把手，以跪着的人头公牛的形式从容器边缘出现。他留着长胡子，头戴一顶球茎状的帽子，前面有两个角，象征着神性。他的眼睛似乎闭着这艘船是在伊朗西部扎格罗斯山脉卢里斯坦的一个定居点Surkh Dum挖掘的。它是在一个被解释为避难所的建筑中发现的，因此很可能是给上帝的礼物。在苏萨发现了其他设计相似但形状不同的faience器皿，这表明它是在埃兰制造的人头牛是古代近东艺术的一个著名特征。这种生物通常被称为"喇嘛苏"，通常被认为是一种保护实体，这就是为什么巨大的牛头人出现在亚述和阿契美尼德宫殿的门口和大门上。
介绍（英）	This faience vessel has incised decoration on the outside, including two rows of vertical lines with a guilloche pattern between them below the rim. The body of the vessel has a stylized human figure facing forward, with a large bird on the right. A protome, possibly a handle, emerges from the rim of the vessel in the form of a kneeling human-headed bull creature. He has a long beard and a bulbous hat with two horns at the front, indicating divinity. His eyes are seemingly closed. This vessel was excavated at Surkh Dum, a settlement site in Luristan in the Zagros Mountains of western Iran. It was found in a structure interpreted as a sanctuary and was thus probably an offering to a god. Other faience vessels with similar designs but different shapes have been found at Susa, suggesting that it was made in Elam. The human-headed bull is a well-known feature of ancient Near Eastern art. Often called a ‘lamassu,’ the creature is generally understood to be a protective entity, which is why colossal bull-men are represented in the doorways and gateways of Assyrian and Achaemenid palaces.