站立男子雕像

美索不达米亚,出土于埃什努纳(今天的阿斯马尔丘)

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 202

这尊双手交扣、双目圆睁的人像是在一座神庙中被发现的,与其他十一尊雕像依照葬仪埋在一起。这十二尊雕像据信最初代表了崇拜者向他们的神祗献上永恒的祈祷。人像硕大的头上镶嵌有贝壳和黑石灰石,形成突出的双眼。风格化的卷发垂落在矩形胡须的两侧,头发和胡须上都能找到最初沥青涂层的痕迹。这尊塑像是抽象几何风格的苏美尔雕像之典范,与其他写实风格的作品并存于早王朝时期。

Standing male worshiper, Gypsum alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen, Sumerian

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