带有几何设计的罐子 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	带有几何设计的罐子
品名（英）	Jar with geometric designs
入馆年号	1960年，60.61.3
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 5300 - 公元前 4300
创作地区
分类
尺寸	Diameter: 9.25 英寸 (23.50 厘米); 高: 6.75 英寸 (17.15 厘米): Diameter of rim: 4.31 英寸 (10.95 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个罐子有一个狭窄的嘴和一个蹲着的球形身体，坐在一个小而凹的底座上。它是由一种红色粘土制成的，上面装饰着排列成行的黑色椭圆形，并由几对粗水平线分隔成面板。嘴巴周围有四个小孔，可能是用来固定盖子的。这个罐子是手工制作的，可能是用一个慢轮子完成的这种陶器，有时被称为"Cheshmeh Ali陶器"，于公元前6000年末起源于德黑兰周围地区，在伊朗北部随处可见。在德黑兰西南约22英里（36公里）的史前遗址卡拉特佩发现了一个非常相似的罐子，在德黑兰西北约50英里（80公里）的伊斯梅拉巴德发现了另一艘装饰相似但脚高的船只。这个罐子的作用还不清楚。它的中等尺寸、薄壁和装饰表明它不是一个储藏容器，而是用于某种集体用餐活动；否则，装饰它就没有意义了。但它的形状会使它不适合用它吃饭或喝水，除非用吸管，而且它太大了，一个人拿不住。也许这是一个上菜的器皿，或者可能有多个人同时从中进食或饮水。
介绍（英）	This jar has a narrow mouth and a squat, globular body that sits on a small, concave base. It is made of a reddish clay decorated with black ovals arranged into rows and separated into panels by several pairs of thick horizontal lines. There are four small holes around the mouth, which may have been used to secure a lid. The jar was made by hand, and possibly finished on a slow wheel. This type of pottery, sometimes called ‘Cheshmeh Ali ware,’ originated in the region around Tehran in the late sixth millennium BC and is found throughout northern Iran. A very similar jar was excavated at Kara Tepe, a prehistoric site about 22 miles (36 km) southwest of Tehran, and another vessel with similar decoration but with a high foot was found at Ismailabad, about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Tehran. The function of this jar is not clear. Its medium size, thin walls and decorations suggest it was not a storage vessel, but was used in some sort of group dining activity; otherwise there would be no point in decorating it. But the shape would have made it unsuitable for eating or drinking out of, except through a straw, and it is too large for a single individual to hold. Perhaps it was a serving vessel, or possibly multiple people ate or drank from it at once.