{"id":37806,"date":"2024-10-05T20:36:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T18:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumdkm.de\/askos-in-form-eines-widders\/"},"modified":"2024-10-05T20:54:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T18:54:03","slug":"ram-shaped-askos-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumdkm.de\/en\/ram-shaped-askos-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Ram-shaped askos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Selected works<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

ANCIENT ART: IRAN _ AMLASH<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Ram-shaped askos<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
\"Amlash_Kat-Nr3W\"<\/div>
Ram-shaped askos, Acq. no. 110.006.0007<\/div>
\u00a9 Stiftung DKM | Photo: SDKM<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Iran _ Amlash<\/span>
\nGilan civilisation, 1250 \u2013 800 BCE
\nBrownish-red baked clay
\n31.2\u2009x\u20099.0\u2009x\u200922.0 cm LWH
\nIntact, calcium carbonate deposits on the surface<\/p>\n

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This ram-shaped offering vessel is stylised in the same manner as the zebu vessels. The ram\u2019s similarity to the zebu is especially noticeable here because it too has a prominent fat hump pointed towards the rear. The bloated body parts are powerfully and dynamically shaped, and seamlessly merge with each other. As usual, the legs are short and thickset, and are admirably attached to the trunk. The animal\u2019s head is worked to form a beaked spout; the horns are turned forwards. The ram\u2019s chest and tail are decorated with a long, notched ridge.<\/p>\n

Several ram vessels are known from the necropolis at Marlik, but they do not have a fat hump. Interestingly, these all originate from grave no. 36. Examples with a single albeit small fat hump are at any rate documented in the literature.<\/p>\n

Like the bull, the ram was considered a fertility symbol and a symbol of sexual potency in the Near East. Goats and sheep, on the other hand, were seen as lesser sacrificial animals and were therefore only rarely depicted. At least in terms of images, the cow took their place, although this probably differs from the actual sacrificial practice.<\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9 Wiese, 2011<\/p>\n

Literature<\/u>
\nE.O. Negahban, Marlik. The Complete Excavation Report, The University Museum Monograph 87, 2 vols. Philadelphia PA 1996, 123f. no. 106f. plate 40. Kunstwerke der Antike. Cahn Auktionen AG, auction catalogue Basel 22nd September 2006, Calbe 2006, 34 no. 57. J. Gabus \u2013 R.-L. Junod, Amlash Art, Bern 1967, plate VII. M. Guggisberg, Fr\u00fchgriechische Tierkeramik. Zur Entwicklung und Bedeutung der Tiergef\u00e4\u00dfe und der hohlen Tierfiguren in der sp\u00e4ten Bronze- und fr\u00fchen Eisenzeit\u2009(ca. 1600 \u2013 700 v.Chr.), Mainz 1996, 346f. Stiftung DKM, Iran _ Amlash, Duisburg, 2011, 26 \u2013 27, cat. no. 3.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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