一个蹲着的人的形象 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	一个蹲着的人的形象
品名（英）	Figure of a Crouched Man
入馆年号	1959年，59.109.9
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 3100
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	L: 5.5 厘米 (2 3/16 英寸); W: 3 厘米 (1 3/16 英寸); 高 3.7 厘米 (1 7/16 英寸)
介绍（中）	这个小雕像代表了一个蹲在地上的人，其姿势意味着谦卑。人物的形状模糊勾勒，左臂可见。这种表现表明该人穿着斗篷。虽然上层阶级的男人和女人在早期王朝时期都穿着斗篷，但这张图上说明的短发型表明它更有可能代表一个男人. 像这样的小雕像描绘了许多不同的主题，包括动物和物体以及人，已经在早期寺庙遗址内或周围的沉积物中发现，其中最著名的是Abydos，Hierakonpolis，Elephantine，Tell Ibrahim el Awad和Tell el-Farkha。由于这些遗址太古老了，最初使用的地方几乎没有什么仪式材料。为了理解这个雕像的含义，人们可以考虑法老时代的雕像和浮雕上的代表。这些后来描绘个人处于各种谦卑地位的图像出现在个人与神或国王交流的情况下。可能有人将这个谦卑的人的小雕像献给了早期寺庙中的神，它的类型肯定属于在早期寺庙遗址中发现的一组物品。
介绍（英）	This statuette represents an individual crouched on the ground in a position that implies humility. The figure’s form is vaguely outlined with the left arm visible. This presentation suggests that the person is wearing a cloak. Although both upper class men and women wore cloaks in the Early Dynastic Period, the short hairstyle illustrated on this figure suggests it is more likely to represent a man. Small figurines, like this one, depict many different subjects, including animals and objects as well as people, have been found in deposits in or around early temple sites, the best known of which are Abydos, Hierakonpolis, Elephantine, Tell Ibrahim el Awad, and Tell el-Farkha. Because these sites are so old, little ritual material remains where it was originally used. In order to understand the meaning of this figurine, one may consider statues and representations on reliefs from pharaonic times. These later images depicting individuals in various positions of humility appear in situations where the individual is communicating with a god or a king. Possibly someone offered this small statuette of a humble man to a god in an early temple, its type certainly belongs to a group of objects that have been found in early temple sites.