大头针 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	大头针
品名（英）	Pin
入馆年号	1978年，1978.93.57a, b
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1
创作地区
分类
尺寸	0.2 x 1.81 英寸 (0.51 x 4.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	这两个铜针有圆形的头和弯曲的轴。它们是在伊朗北部的Shahr-i Qumis发掘的，这里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，赫卡托普利斯的意思是"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。这些别针是在五号遗址的一座大型建筑中发现的，该建筑已被初步确定为精英住宅。这座建筑在公元前1世纪末或公元1世纪初的某个时候完全被泥土填满，也许是帕提亚的首都被转移到其他地方，城市的精英居民也随之离开了。这些别针很可能是用来系衣服的 1967年，英国波斯研究所在Shahr-i Qumis的发掘工作由大都会艺术博物馆共同赞助。然而，这些别针直到1971年才被发现，它们是英国大都会博物馆为该研究所在伊朗另一个遗址Tepe Nush-i Jan的发掘工作提供资金后从英国研究所获得的。当时，伊朗政府允许外国挖掘机保留一部分发现物，而这些挖掘机反过来会将其份额分配给支持这项工作的机构。
介绍（英）	These two bronze pins have round heads and bent shafts. They were excavated 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. These pins were found in a large building at Site V, which has been tentatively identified as an elite residence. This building was completely filled with dirt sometime in the late 1st century B.C. or early 1st century A.D., perhaps when the Parthian capital was moved elsewhere and the city’s elite residents left with it. In all likelihood the pins were used to fasten clothing. The excavations at Shahr-i Qumis by the British Institute of Persian Studies in 1967 were co-sponsored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. However, these pins were not discovered until 1971, and they were acquired from the British Institute as a result of the Met’s financial contributions to the Institute’s excavations at Tepe Nush-i Jan, another site in Iran. At the time the Iranian government allowed foreign excavators to keep a portion of the finds, and these excavators in turn would divide their share among the institutions that supported the work.