以坐着的女性和现代印象的形式密封护身符 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	以坐着的女性和现代印象的形式密封护身符
品名（英）	Seal amulet in the form of a seated female and modern impression
入馆年号	1988年，1988.380.1
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 3300 - 公元前 2900
创作地区
分类
尺寸	5/8 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 英寸 (1.5 x 2.3 x 3 厘米)
介绍（中）	这个微小但雕刻精美的印章护身符是一个戴着王冠的蹲着的女性的形状。王冠上的一排小腔，以及她乳房和眼睛上的小腔，可能都镶嵌着。她的头部轮廓突出，鼻子突出。一只可见的手臂放在她的躯干上，她的手放在折叠的膝盖上，而另一只膝盖被举起。类似的蹲下人物在伊朗、美索不达米亚和叙利亚的圆柱形密封件上以及伊朗苏萨遗址的圆形小雕塑中都广为人知。这种描绘可以追溯到公元前四世纪末至公元前三千年初，今天被称为"猪尾巴妇女"，尽管许多人似乎从事陶器或纺织品制造，但它们也可能具有一些宗教意义，也许描绘了一种崇拜的姿态。护身符的另一面可能被用作印章，在潮湿的粘土中留下印记。它是平坦的，有八组钻孔，可能代表示意图狗。
介绍（英）	This tiny but finely carved seal amulet is in the shape of a squatting female wearing a diadem. The single row of small cavities on the diadem, as well as those on her breasts and in her eye, were probably filled with inlay. Her head is shown in profile with a prominent nose. One visible arm rests on her torso, with her hand on a folded knee, while the other knee is held up. Similar squatting figures are known both on cylinder seals from Iran, Mesopotamia, and Syria and as small sculpture in the round from the Iranian site of Susa. Dating from the end of the late fourth into the early third millennium B.C., such depictions are today known as "pig-tailed women" and, although many appear to be engaged in pottery or textile manufacture, they may also have had some religious meaning, perhaps depicting a gesture of worship. The other side of the amulet may have been used as a seal to make an impression in damp clay. It is flat with eight groups of drill holes that possibly represent schematic dogs.