粟特铠甲装武士:天神还是国王?

Sogdian Armor-Clad Warrior:God or King?

在7世纪到8世纪初的粟特艺术中,主要是在红陶方面,有一个全副武装、身穿精致盔甲人物的著名的图像,文章旨在研究这个人物形象本身及其起源。对武器和盔甲特征的观察显示出在7世纪它们似乎已经很古老了,这种情况表明人物本身更有可能具有神性。遗憾的是,目前我们还没有资料能够可靠地辨识出他与粟特万神殿的任何人物的联系。

The image of a heavily armed character dressed in armor is well known,most of all this image was reproduced in terracotta.The issues related to the genesis of this image are considered in relation to new finds of two items depicting a heavily armed character dressed in armor.The first find is an ossuary found accidentally in 2004 in Shatri kishlak under the Takhta-Karacha Pass near Shakhrisabz;the second find,also accidental,was found quite far from the first one:in the foothills of the Chuy Valley in Kyrgyzstan.