狮头女神形式的护身符 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	狮头女神形式的护身符
品名（英）	Amulet in the Form of a Lion-Headed Goddess
入馆年号	1926年，26.7.868
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1070 - 公元前 664
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	高 6.8 厘米 (2 11/16 英寸); 宽 1.8 厘米 (11/16 英寸); 深 4.2 厘米 (1 5/8 英寸)
介绍（中）	这个护身符代表一个狮子头女神在一个开放式的宝座上。她右手拿着一种乐器，上面有一只双簧鸟。她的另一只手紧握着象征再生和生命的纸莎草权杖。古埃及有许多狮头女神，如萨赫梅特、巴斯特和瓦杰特，目前尚不清楚哪一位在这里被代表。王座的每一面都描绘了一位狮头女神，头上戴着太阳圆盘。她身后是一个有着人类胳膊和腿的蛇神，与恒星的癸烷相连。在蛇头的上方和狮头女神的前方是短列的文字，可能会给出它们的名字；但不幸的是，它们是无法理解的。所有的猫科动物神都与太阳神Ra紧密相连，在她的耳朵之间的大人物的顶部有一个小孔，原来一定有一个单独制造的太阳盘。护身符顶部的环是用来悬挂的。埃及人相信像这样的护身符能唤起女神的力量，并将佩戴者置于女神的保护之下。
介绍（英）	This amulet represents a lion-headed goddess on an open worked throne. With her right hand she is holding a sistrum (a musical instrument like a rattle) that is topped by a double ba-bird. Her other hand clenches a papyrus-scepter that symbolizes regeneration and life. A number of lion-headed goddesses are known from ancient Egypt, such as Sakhmet, Bastet, and Wadjet, and it is unclear, which one is represented here. Each side of the throne depicts a lion-headed goddess with a sun disk on her head. Behind her is a snake god with human arms and legs, who is linked to stellar decans. Above the snake’s head and in front of the lion headed goddess are short columns of text that presumably give their names; but unfortunately they are undecipherable. All feline deities are closely connected to the sun god Ra and at the top of the large figure, between her ears, is a small hole that originally must have held a separately manufactured sun disk. The loop at the top of the amulet was meant for suspension. The Egyptians believed that amulets like this one evoked the power of the goddess and put the wearer under her protection.