装饰凸台 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	装饰凸台
品名（英）	Decorative boss
入馆年号	1954年，54.117.14
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 700
创作地区
分类
尺寸	3 9/16 英寸 (9 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个弯曲的物体由一块厚厚的贝壳雕刻而成，并装饰有小圆圈和圆点，是在尼姆鲁德的阿舒尔纳西尔帕尔二世西北宫殿的一口井中发现的一组 18 件类似作品的一部分。他们可能在公元前614年宫殿被洗劫时被扔进井里，两年后又被扔进了井里。它们的功能是神秘的。所有这些都在中心被刺穿，在某些情况下，中央孔中还剩下钉子，这肯定是将外壳固定在其他材料（也许是木头）的背衬上。在同一口井中发现的其他物品可以确定为马的装饰品，例如大都会博物馆收藏的小贝壳装饰品和螺柱（54.117.16-.19）。这些可能是皮革安全带的一部分，在井泥中解体。Dur Sharrukin（现代Khorsabad）的Sargon II宫殿浮雕中的马在缰绳上用类似的双扇形装饰品表示，如大都会博物馆的浮雕（33.16.1）显示马夫和两匹马。这表明，与马具装饰品一起发现的其他贝壳碎片也可能用于装备马匹，可能固定在战车上作为装饰。由于与杜尔沙鲁金宫殿的浮雕非常相似，这口井的马术马具元素可能可以追溯到公元前八世纪后期的萨尔贡时代。此时，西北宫主要用于储存，而不是作为皇家住所。
介绍（英）	This curved object, carved from a thick piece of shell and decorated with small circles and dots, was part of a group of 18 similar pieces found in a well in the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud. They were probably thrown into the well when the palace was sacked, in 614 B.C. and then again two years later. Their function is mysterious. All were pierced in the center and in some examples a nail remained in the central hole, which must have fastened the shell to a backing in some other material, perhaps wood. Other objects found in the same well can be identified as horse trappings, such as the small shell ornaments and studs also in the Metropolitan Museum’s collection (54.117.16-.19). These were probably part of a leather harness, which disintegrated in the well sludge. Horses in the reliefs of the palace of Sargon II at Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad) are represented with similar double-fan shaped ornaments on their bridles, as in a relief in the Metropolitan Museum (33.16.1) showing a groom with two horses. This suggests that the other shell pieces found with the harness ornaments may have also been used for outfitting horses, perhaps affixed to a chariot as decoration. Because of the close parallel with the reliefs from the palace at Dur Sharrukin, the equestrian harness elements from this well probably date to the time of Sargon in the late eighth century B.C. At this time, the Northwest Palace was primarily used for storage rather than as a royal residence.