湖北荆州秦家嘴墓地M1093发掘简报

Brief Report of Excavation of Tomb M1093 at the Qinjiazui Cemetery in Jingzhou City of Hubei Province

秦家嘴墓地位于湖北省荆州市纪南生态文化旅游区纪南镇庙湖村。2023年5月发掘的M1093为战国中期楚墓,墓主身份为庶人。墓中出土竹简揭取编号3910枚,预计可缀合整简约1200~1500枚,字数约30000字,是目前所知单座墓葬出土楚简数量最多、文字最多者。这批楚简内容丰富,初步整理可知涉及先秦“书”、“语”、诸子、数学、医药、畜牧、文学、日书等诸多类别,对研究先秦时期历史、文化、思想等提供了珍贵的新资料,具有重要的研究价值。

The Qinjiazui Cemetery is located in Miaohu Village of Jinan Town in Jingzhou City,Hubei Province.In May 2023,M1093,a Chu state tomb dating to the mid-Warring States period and supposedly belonging to a commoner,was excavated,yielding 3910 bamboo slips.Approximately 1200to 1500 complete slips can be restored with 30,000 characters.This is currently the largest collection of Chu state's bamboo slips found in a single tomb,with the most extensive texts.The content of these slips is diverse,covering various categories such as pre-Qin"Shu(writing),""Yu(language),"the masters,mathematics,medicine,animal husbandry,literature,and daily records.These slips provide valuable new information for studying pre-Qin history,culture,and ideology and call for urgent conservation and preservation for later exhibition and research.