持贡品者雕像

美索不达米亚,出土于卡拉(今天的尼姆鲁德)

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从公元前九至七世纪,亚述人统治着美索不达米亚、叙利亚、利凡特,甚至短暂统治了埃及。各式贡品和能工巧匠从帝国各处被带到亚述的首都。这尊人像向亚述国王带去他家乡的礼物:一只猴子、一只大羚羊(非洲羚羊)和一张豹皮;这些动物都生长在埃及南部。这件作品或许设计用于装饰王宫家具,带有腓尼基风格的痕迹,比如人物姿态和容貌显现出来的明显埃及风情。

Figure of a man with an oryx, a monkey, and a leopard skin, Ivory, Assyrian

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