Woman and Water Buffalo Rhyton

제작 시기	500–700
분류	Metalwork
재료·기법	silver, with mercury gilding and glass inlays
문화권	Sasanian, Iran, 600s or Turk Shahi dynasty, Kabul, Afghanistan, 500s
소장 부서	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
이용 조건	퍼블릭 도메인 (CC0) — 수업·인쇄에 자유롭게 사용 가능

작품 설명

Recalling both Greek and Iranian traditions of head vases and <em>rhyta </em>(drinking horns), this unusual silver vessel combines the heads of a woman and a water buffalo. A filling hole on top and a pouring or drinking spout in front make clear its function. An inscription in Middle Persian on its back records its weight: probably 50 <em>staters</em> and three <em>drachmae</em> (close to its current weight of just over 700 grams, or about 1-1/2 pounds). The woman’s flat brow, straight nose, and widely set, heavy-lidded eyes—along with the sectarian mark in gold on her forehead—relate to art of the Indus River Valley and Hindu Kush regions of today’s Pakistan and Afghanistan. While we do not know for sure, numerous scholars have suggested that she may depict the Indian warrior goddess Durga, slayer of the buffalo demon.

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