从地中海到青海——都兰热水墓出土“半人半鱼”图像考

From the Mediterranean to Qinghai:A study of“half man,half fish”images unearthed from Dulan Hot Water Tomb

青海都兰热水墓出土了3件半人半鱼图像金饰片,母型是来自古希腊海神特里同的另一种形象肯陶洛斯—特里同,主要流行于希腊化时期至罗马帝国时期,伴随亚历山大东征,传到中亚与西北印度,继而进入都兰。其在墓葬中既象征王权,又护佑死者灵魂进入极乐冥界,同时直观反映了丝绸之路青海道上多民族多元文化的交流交融。

Three gold ornaments with images of half-man,half-fish have been unearthed from the Reshui Cemetery at Dulan,Qinghai.The actual model of this image is another figure of Triton called Centauro-Triton,the ancient Greek god of the sea,which was mainly popular in the Hellenistic era to the Roman Empire period.Along with Alexander's Eastern Expedition,it spread eastward to Central Asia and Northwest India,and then entered Dulan.Its appearance in the tomb is not only a symbol of royal power,but also protects the souls of the dead to enter the bliss of the underworld,at the same time,the use of this image in Dulan intuitively reflects the exchange and integration of multiethnic and multicultural along the Qinghai Road of the Silk Road.