跪着的公牛拿着喷出的容器 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	跪着的公牛拿着喷出的容器
品名（英）	Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel
入馆年号	1966年，66.173
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 3100 - 公元前 2900
创作地区
分类
尺寸	6 7/16 x 2 1/2 x 4 1/4英寸 (16.3 x 6.3 x 10.8厘米)
介绍（中）	美索不达米亚南部乌鲁克时期的政治变革后不久，类似的创新，包括书写和圆柱印章，标准化陶瓷的大规模生产，以及在伊朗西南部的苏萨市周围发展起来的人物艺术风格，该地区的主要语言是埃兰米特语。虽然这些创新大多改编自美索不达米亚的例子，但它们都具有伊朗特有的伊兰人特征这头银色的小公牛穿着一件饰有阶梯图案的长袍，手里拿着一个喷出的容器，展现了人类和动物特征的奇妙融合。大脖子与明显的人类肩膀相接，肩膀逐渐变细，形成以蹄为末端的手臂。在原始Elamite艺术中，动物以人类姿势的表现很常见，可能是自然力的象征，但也可能是神话或寓言中的主角。这件小杰作的功能仍不确定。附着在雕像上的布的痕迹表明，它是故意埋葬的，可能是作为仪式或仪式的一部分。
介绍（英）	Soon after the political transformations of the Uruk period in southern Mesopotamia, similar innovations—including writing and cylinder seals, the mass production of standardized ceramics, and a figural art style—developed around the city of Susa in southwestern Iran, an area in which the predominant language was Elamite. While most of these innovations were adapted from Mesopotamian examples, they all took on distinctive Elamite characteristics in Iran. This small silver bull, clothed in a robe decorated with a stepped pattern and holding a spouted vessel, shows a curious blend of human and animal traits. The large neck meets distinctly human shoulders, which taper into arms that end in hooves. Representations of animals in human postures were common in Proto-Elamite art, possibly as symbols of natural forces but just as likely as protagonists in myths or fables. The function of this small masterpiece remains uncertain. Traces of cloth that were found affixed to the figure suggest that it was intentionally buried, perhaps as part of a ritual or ceremony.