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品名（中）	箭头
品名（英）	Arrowhead
入馆年号	1969年，69.24.23
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 100 - 公元 300
创作地区
分类
尺寸	0.47 x 1.38 英寸 (1.19 x 3.51 厘米)
介绍（中）	这是一个青铜镶嵌的三叶箭头（即"三叶"）。它是在伊朗北部的Shahr-i Qumis的地表上发现的，该地被确定为赫卡托普洛斯古城，约公元前200年由帕提亚人建立为他们的首都。在希腊语中，赫卡托克洛斯的意思是"一百扇门"，这表明这座城市相当大。事实上，现代考古遗址包括几个土堆，其中只有几个被挖掘出来，还有一大片被碎片覆盖的区域。三叶箭头曾与公元前8世纪入侵近东的欧亚草原游牧民族斯基泰人和西默瑞安人联系在一起。然而，这种类型的箭头在空间和时间上出现得非常广泛，这表明它在古代近东被广泛使用，无疑是因为它具有穿甲的功效。由于Shahr-i Qumis是帕提亚城市的遗址，这个箭头很可能是帕提亚时期的。帕提亚人在古代以弓箭手而闻名，并将他们的名字命名为"帕提亚射击"，这是一种骑在马背上的弓箭手向敌人射箭时远离敌人的战术。
介绍（英）	This is a bronze socketed trilobate (i.e., ‘three-bladed’) arrowhead. It was discovered on the surface at Shahr-i Qumis in northern Iran, which has been identified as the ancient city of Hecatompylos, established by the Parthians as their capital by about 200 B.C. In Greek Hecatompylos means ‘a hundred gates,’ suggesting that the city was quite large. Indeed, the modern archaeological site includes several mounds, only a few of which have been excavated, and a vast area covered with potsherds. Trilobate arrowheads were once associated with the Scythians and Cimmerians, nomadic peoples from the Eurasian steppe who invaded the Near East in the 8th century B.C. However, this type of arrowhead appears far and wide in space and time, indicating it was widely used in the ancient Near East, doubtless on account of its efficacy at piercing armor. Since Shahr-i Qumis was the site of a Parthian city, this arrowhead is most likely of Parthian date. The Parthians were famed in antiquity as archers, and gave their name to the ‘Parthian shot,’ a tactic in which a mounted archer rides away from his enemy while firing arrows at him.