射箭运动员 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	射箭运动员
品名（英）	Archers
入馆年号	1922年，22.1.23
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 2551
创作地区	可能来自: （Probably originally from: ）
分类
尺寸	高 25.4 (10 英寸); 宽 37.5 厘米 (14 3/4 英寸)
介绍（中）	这个浮雕片段展示了从旧王国保存下来的最精心构图的场景之一。仔细检查发现，至少有四名弓箭手的部分身体，其中三人站着，一人跪在他们下面，他的左臂和头顶沿着碎片的下边缘清晰可见。每个人的左臂都伸在面前，左手用拇指和最后三个手指抓住长弓的弓柄，而食指则保持箭的稳定。每一个弓箭手都用右手抽出弓的弦，并将箭的缺口对准它。每个人还用右手多抓两支箭弓箭手胸前佩戴交叉带，以表明他们是士兵。该街区的风格将其放置在第四王朝，使其成为保存最早的战斗场景。它可能是在吉萨大金字塔的建设者胡夫和第二座金字塔的建设者哈弗统治期间雕刻的。弓箭手的形象在背景下显得格外醒目，其特征深深地刻在造型优美的脸上。与大多数埃及场景中多个人物执行同一任务不同，每个人的姿势和每个弓的位置都不同该碎片是博物馆的埃及探险队在开罗以南约30英里的利什特皇家公墓工作时挖掘的。它在第12王朝第一任国王阿蒙奈姆哈特一世建造金字塔时被重新使用。
介绍（英）	This fragment of relief shows one of the most elaborately composed scenes preserved from the Old Kingdom. A careful examination reveals parts of at least four archers, three standing and one kneeling below them, his extended left arm and the upper part of his head just visible along the lower edge of the fragment. Each man has his left arm stretched in front of him, the left hand grasping the shaft of a long bow with the thumb and last three fingers, while the index finger keeps an arrow steady. With his right hand, each archer draws the string of the bow, with the notch of the arrow set against it. Each man also grasps two extra arrows in his right hand. The archers wear crossed bands on their chests identifying them as soldiers. The style of the block places it in Dynasty 4, making it the earliest preserved battle scene. It was probably carved during the period spanning the reigns of Khufu, the builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza, and Khafre, builder of the second pyramid. The figures of the archers stand out boldly against the background, and the the features are deeply carved in the well-modeled faces. Unlike most Egyptian scenes showing multiple figures performing the same task, the stance of each individual and the position of each bow is different. The fragment was excavated by the Museum's Egyptian Expedition during work at the royal cemetery of Lisht, about thirty miles south of Cairo. It had been reused during the building of the pyramid of Amenemhat I, first king of Dynasty 12.