仪式性人物 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	仪式性人物
品名（英）	Ritual Figure
入馆年号	2003年，2003.154
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 380 - 公元前 246
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	高 20.8 × 宽 14.5 × 深 11 厘米 (8 3/16 × 5 11/16 × 4 5/16 英寸); 高 (with tang): 23.3 厘米 (9 3/16 英寸)
介绍（中）	这位非凡人物流畅的姿势和捶胸顿足的姿势唤起了一种庄严的表演。埃及的浮雕描绘了这些人物，他们是一个拥有猎鹰和豺头的类似跪拜神的剧团的一部分。这个剧团通常被看到参加日出或国王的出生和加冕典礼；同类型的三维人物被设置在某些神的游行神殿周围，毫无疑问是为了伴随神在游行中的顿悟很难解释在兽首神只中出现的人首人物穿着法老的服饰。一些学者将这个数字解释为一个真正的国王的形象。其他人则认为它是一个神话般的存在，将王室的一面引入了超凡脱俗的仪式中。不管它的确切含义是什么，这件木雕杰作肯定是寺庙设备的一部分。它的仪式特征通过覆盖铅片而得到进一步强调，现在已经消失了。
介绍（英）	The fluid pose and chest-beating gesture of this extraordinary figure evoke a stately performance. Egyptian relief representations depict such figures as part of a troupe of similarly genuflecting divine beings with falcon and jackal heads. This troupe is usually seen attending the sunrise or the birth and coronation of a king; three-dimensional figures of the same type were set around the processional shrines of certain gods, doubtlessly to accompany the epiphany of the deity during a procession. It is not easy to explain the presence among the animal-headed divinities of the human-headed figure wearing—as seen here—the regalia of a pharaoh. Some scholars interpret the figure as the representation of an actual king. Others understand it as a mythical being that introduces royal aspects into the otherworldly ritual. Whatever its exact meaning, this masterpiece of wood carving was certainly part of a temple's equipment. Its ritual character was further emphasized by a covering of lead sheet, now vanished.