蛇小像へびしょうぞう

  • 紀元前5世紀-紀元前4世紀初期
  • 鍍金銅
  • H-2.5 W-4.2
解説(古代バクトリア遺宝展)

前5世紀―前4世紀初期
鍍金銅
高2.5 cm 幅4.2 cm
 この蛇はコブラの類を表しており、鍍金が頭部に残っている。蛇の体は打ち出しで、一巻き半にとぐろを巻く体躯に鎌首を持ち上げた首が続いている。頭部は真ん中が厚く周辺が薄く作られ、その先端に大変小さい刻みをつけて口を表している。コブラはバクトリアの地域に多く見られた動物である。

Catalogue Entry

ca. 2nd‐1st century B.C.
Gold sheet
(a) H. 14.2 cm, W. 4.9 cm (b) H. 14.0 cm, W. 4.0 cm c H. 14.0 cm, W. 6.1 cm
These figures of priests were hammered from thin sheets of gold. They wear knee-length, belted garments whose ends hang to the front of the figure. Their heads are fitted with closely bound hoods with front peaks, and they hold cups, not barsoms, in their right hands. Their lower legs, from knee down, are enclosed in trousers, and the lack of wrinkles indicates that these pants were tight-fitting. Their feet are bare and protrude from the pants. The faces of these priests are characterized by eastern Iranian features, such as their long noses, wide open nostrils and thick lips. These figures are thought to date from the end of the Hellenistic period to the post-Hellenistic period.

神官押出小像