怪异的男性形象 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	怪异的男性形象
品名（英）	Monstrous male figure
入馆年号	2010年，2010.166
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 2250 - 公元前 1750
创作地区
分类
尺寸	4 1/8 × 2 1/16 × 1 3/8 英寸 (10.4 × 5.2 × 3.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	在古代近东的世界里，结合了人类和动物品质的图像和生物被认为具有超自然的力量。这个小而有力的人物，有着人类的面孔和蛇形鳞片的身体，可能代表了这样一个生物，无论是吉祥的还是恶魔的，都充满活力和神奇的功效。这个怪物最神秘和最显着的特征是脸上突出的疤痕和上下嘴唇上的两个洞。疤痕可能表明该人物被污损，而这些孔表明嘴唇可能已被密封，字面意思。总而言之，疤痕和密封的嘴唇暗示着这个人物描绘了一个退役的人，他的力量不再可用。在达到目的之后，它可能已经被仪式性地静音和"杀死"。用于创建人物的不寻常的复合结构形式，通过使用唐将不同材料和颜色的几个部分连接在一起来实现，进一步增强了其强大的效果。就像古代近东的许多伟大艺术作品一样，渲染的有力性和令人不安的图像使人物看起来比实际尺寸大得多。
介绍（英）	In the world of the ancient Near East, images and beings that combined human and animal qualities were thought to possess supernatural powers. This small yet potent figure, with its human face and serpentine-scaled body, probably represents such a creature, enlivened and charged with magical efficacy whether propitious or demonic. The monstrous figure’s most enigmatic and distinctive features are the prominent scar across its face and the two holes pierced into its upper and lower lips. The scar may indicate that the figure was defaced, and the holes suggest that the lips may have been sealed, literally. Taken together, the scar and the sealed lips imply that the figure portrays a decommissioned being whose power is no longer operational. Having served its purpose, it may have been ritually muted and “killed.” The unusual form of composite construction used to create the figure, achieved by using tangs to join together several sections of differing materials and colors, further enhance its powerful effect. As is true of so many great works of art from the ancient Near East, the forcefulness of the rendering and the unsettling imagery work to make the figure appear much larger than its actual size.