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侍神雕像divine attendant
伊拉克北部 尼姆魯德From Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Northern Iraq
新亞述帝國時期 Neo-Assyrian Period(811 – 783 BC)
這是一對守護侍神中的一尊，原本豎立在亞述首都卡拉（現名尼姆魯德，位於伊拉克北部）書寫之神納布神廟的門前。這尊身上刻有楔形文字的神像，是由亞大德尼拉三世（公元前811至前780在位）與他的母后塞姆拉瑪獻給納布神的。侍神身上雕刻的楔形文字的結語，警誡信徒不得信仰其他神祇。
This is one of a pair of guardian deities who stand in an attitude of attendance. The figures originally flanked a doorway in the temple of Nabu, an important god of writing, at the Assyrian capital of Kalhu (modern Nimrud in northern Iraq). The cuneiform inscription carved around the body of the attendant states that the figures were dedicated to Nabu by the local governor, on his own behalf and on behalf of the king Adadnirari III (reigned 811 – 783 BC) and of the queen mother Sammuramat (who was remembered in the later Greek period as the legendary queen Semiramis). The inscription ends with the request that the reader should “trust no other god”. ■資料：香港藝術館
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