A fragmentary large chlorite vessel of the Halil Rud valley civilization (Kerman, Iran, mid third millennium bc), found in unknown circumstances and recently recovered by the police forces of Iran, is discussed in the wider scenario of coeval animal iconographies of middle and southwest Asia. Beginning from the imagery carved in the two superimposed friezes of the reassembled fragments, we review the different theoretical approaches in interpretation of similar animal iconography. The figuration of the vessel is interpreted as a scene of the scavenging of bovine carcasses by three different animal actors: lions and birds of prey/vultures, but also hyenas—a subject previously unknown in the art of the reference regions. Following a review of the interrelations of these species in scavenging and with humans, particularly in the coeval context of domestic animal exploitation and developing urban settlement, we investigate the potential semantic implications of the iconography in terms of the symbolism and ideology in the social context.

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作为社会隐喻的动物清除：哈利勒鲁德文明的雕刻绿泥石容器，克尔曼，伊朗，公元前三千年中期

Halil Rud 河谷文明（克尔曼，伊朗，第三个千年中期）的碎片大型绿泥石船公元前)，在未知情况下发现并最近由伊朗警察部队回收，在中亚和西南亚同时代动物肖像画的更广泛场景中进行了讨论。从重新组装的碎片的两个叠加的楣上雕刻的图像开始，我们回顾了解释相似动物肖像的不同理论方法。这艘船的造型被解释为三个不同的动物演员清除牛尸体的场景：狮子和猛禽/秃鹰，还有鬣狗——这是参考区域艺术中以前未知的主题。在审查了这些物种在食腐和与人类之间的相互关系之后，特别是在同时代家畜开发和城市住区发展的背景下，