带有动物腿的斑块 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	带有动物腿的斑块
品名（英）	Plaque with animal legs
入馆年号	1962年，62.70.56
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	3.23 x 3.86 x 0.83 英寸 (8.2 x 9.8 x 2.11 厘米)
介绍（中）	这块零碎的牌匾是用石板雕刻而成的，石板上镶嵌着用沥青（一种类似焦油的物质）胶结而成的雕刻贝壳。剩下的两个贝壳镶嵌物是动物的后腿，雕刻的细节强调了关节。腿的上方是一个空腔，里面镶嵌了一块更大的贝壳，可能代表了动物的身体。空腔被粗糙化以使粘合剂能够结合到其表面。完成后，这块牌匾可能还融入了其他颜色对比鲜明的贝壳和石头，这是早期晚期的一种特色技术，著名的乌尔标准就是例证，现藏于大英博物馆尼普尔是美索不达米亚南部的大圣城，是首席神恩利尔的家园，也是恩利尔和许多其他神的寺庙所在地。对伊纳纳女神神庙的挖掘表明，该圣地最早建于王朝一世早期，并在同一地点不断重建，直到大约3000年后的帕提亚时期。在寺庙中发现了数百件物品：雕像、石碗和牌匾、镶嵌物、家具附件和其他零碎物品，这些物品要么被发现在围板中，要么散落在整个建筑中。
介绍（英）	This fragmentary plaque was carved from a slab of slate, into which were inlaid pieces of carved shell cemented with bitumen, a tar-like substance. The two shell inlays that remain are the rear legs of an animal, with incised details emphasizing the joints. Above the legs is a cavity into which a larger piece of shell inlay was set, probably representing the animal’s body. The cavity is roughened to enable the adhesive to bond to its surface. When complete, the plaque would have probably also incorporated other pieces of shell and stone in contrasting colors, a characteristic technique of the late Early Dynastic period exemplified by the well-known Standard of Ur, now in the British Museum. Nippur, the great holy city of southern Mesopotamia, was the home of the chief deity Enlil and housed temples to Enlil and many other gods. Excavations in the temple of the goddess Inanna have revealed that the sanctuary was first built in the Early Dynastic I period and continually rebuilt on the same site until the Parthian period, some three thousand years later. Hundreds of objects were discovered in the temple: statues, stone bowls and plaques, inlays, furniture attachments, and other fragmentary items, found either in hoards or scattered throughout the building.