河马神形状的神奇容器 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	河马神形状的神奇容器
品名（英）	Magical Container in the Shape of a Hippopotamus Deity
入馆年号	1943年，43.8a, b
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 1700 - 公元前 1500
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	h. 6 厘米 (2 3/8 in); w. 3.2 厘米 (1 1/4 in); d. 4 厘米 (1 9/16 in)
介绍（中）	被称为Taweret或Ipet的混血河马女神在这里起着神奇罐子的作用。像往常一样，她站得很直，是河马、狮子、鳄鱼和人类的融合体。通过最上面的一个圆形小盖子可以进入雕像内部的空腔。她牙齿之间、后脑勺和眼睑上的三个开口可能用来插入一根金属丝，上面描绘了从她嘴里伸出的舌头或蛇。同时，这根电线本可以固定盖子。底座的下侧是一个显示螺旋线圈的设计，这是从密封件中得知的。缠绕在一起的线圈、环和结都是神奇而强大的物体，它们与保护和生命的创造联系在一起。河马女神保护分娩中的妇女，有可能在这个罐子里存放了一个小的魔法纸莎草，可能是对母亲和孩子的咒语。当咒语被背诵时，容器可能还被用作魔法行为的一部分，唤起了这里所代表的保护女神，并可能使用罐子的底部将其神奇的强大设计压在孕妇或婴儿身上。
介绍（英）	The hybrid hippopotamus goddess that is known as Taweret or Ipet functions here as magical jar. As usual she stands upright and is shown as a fusion of a hippopotamus, lion, crocodile, and human. The cavity inside the figure was accessible through a small rounded lid at the very top. Three openings that are situated between her teeth, at the back of her head, and at the lid might have functioned to insert a wire that depicted a tongue or snake protruding from her mouth. At the same time this wire could have secured the lid. On the underside of the base is a design that shows convoluted coils and that is known from seals. Intertwined coils, loops, and knots were all magically powerful objects that were connected to protection and the creation of life. The hippopotamus goddess protected women in childbirth and it is possible that a small magic papyrus, maybe a spell for mother and child, was stored in this jar. The container might additionally have been used as part of a magical act when the spell was recited, evoking the protective goddess that is represented here and possibly using the jar’s underside to press its magically powerful design onto the pregnant woman or infant.