手镯或袖带 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	手镯或袖带
品名（英）	Bracelet or armlet with uraei
入馆年号	1926年，26.7.1454
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 30 - 公元 364
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	H: 8.8 x Diam: 10.3 厘米 (3 7/16 x 4 1/16 英寸)
介绍（中）	这条铁丝手镯是在埃及三角洲的一个陶罐内发现的，里面有一堆银首饰。这些珠宝可能是罗马时期早期的囤积物，被埋葬以妥善保管，但从未取回。手镯由两根粗线制成，使用较细的钢丝绑在一起，既可以连接零件，也可以形成环形装饰图案。四条银色饲养眼镜蛇，被称为uraei，被固定在前面，尽管现在缺少一条，两个上下指向的蛇头被雕刻在较粗的电线的锤击尖端。手镯可以在不使用任何加热或焊接技术的情况下生产。装饰中的蛇形图像，例如这里看到的作品，在罗马早期很普遍，尽管早在公元前 3 世纪末埃及就证明了双蛇手镯。蛇手镯的葬礼表现被视为重生的象征，因为蛇经常脱皮。蛇的肖像学也与Isis的崇拜有关，伊希斯被认为可以帮助死者进入来世。
介绍（英）	This wire bracelet was found with a deposit of silver jewelry inside a clay jar at Tell el-Balamun, a site in the Egyptian Delta. The jewelry may have been an early Roman Period hoard, buried for safekeeping but never retrieved. The bracelet is constructed out of two thick wires bound together using a thinner wire, which serves both to join the pieces and to create a looped decorative pattern. Four silver rearing cobras, known as uraei, were secured to the front, although one is now missing, and two snake heads pointing up and down were carved into the hammered tips of the thicker wires. The bracelet could be produced without using any heat or soldering technologies. Snake iconography in adornment, such as in the piece seen here, was prevalent during the early Roman Period, although double snake bracelets are attested in Egypt as early as the end of the 3rd century BC. Funerary representations of snake bracelets are seen as symbols of rebirth, as snakes frequently shed their skin. Snake iconography was also associated with the cult of Isis, who was believed to help the dead enter the afterlife.