埃及神贝思头像项链 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	埃及神贝思头像项链
品名（英）	Necklace with the head of the Egyptian god Bes
入馆年号	1965年，65.169
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 600 - 公元前 300
创作地区
分类
尺寸	长 14 1/8 英寸 (85.9 厘米)
介绍（中）	这条金项链的特点是埃及神比斯的形象，他直接面对观众。贝丝有着浓密的胡须、宽阔的鼻子、浓密的眉毛、布满皱纹的前额和半球形的耳朵。他的眼睛和眉毛本来是镶嵌的。他戴着一顶高高的羽毛王冠。这条项链的大部分都是金色的牌匾，上面有随行人员陪同的走马图像。其中一些牌匾上有带颗粒状边框的金凸台和悬挂在上面的金圆盘。项链扣的两端是莲花的形状贝的图像在阿契美尼德帝国非常流行，原因不明。它们出现在各种各样的材料上，包括硬币、印章、珠宝、青铜和陶瓷器皿，甚至出现在黄金模型战车上。在埃及人的思想中，比斯起到了保护的作用，这一作用可能也是波斯人赋予他的。无论如何，埃及是阿契美尼德帝国的重要组成部分，埃及物质文化的许多方面都被波斯人侵占了领马的侍从很可能是阿契美尼德意识形态中马术的重要性。波斯波利斯也有类似的马，在各种皇家铭文中，波斯国王赞美他作为骑手的高超技艺。
介绍（英）	This gold necklace features an image of the Egyptian god Bes, who faces the viewer directly. Bes has a shaggy beard, wide nose, thick eyebrows, a wrinkled forehead and hemispherical ears. His eyes and eyebrows were originally inlaid. He wears a tall, feathered crown. Most of the necklace is comprised of gold plaques with images of walking horses accompanied by attendants. Several of these plaques have gold bosses with granulated borders and gold disks hanging off them. The two ends of the clasp of the necklace are in the form of lotus blossoms. Images of Bes were very popular in the Achaemenid Empire, for unknown reasons. They appear on a wide variety of material, including coins, seals, jewelry, bronze and ceramic vessels, and even on a gold model chariot. In Egyptian thought Bes played a protective role, and it is possible that this function was ascribed to him by the Persians as well. Regardless, Egypt was an important part of the Achaemenid Empire, and many aspects of Egyptian material culture were appropriated by the Persians. The attendants leading horses are likely a reference to the importance of horsemanship in Achaemenid ideology. Similar horses are depicted at Persepolis, and in various royal inscriptions the Persian king extols his prowess as a rider.