湖北荆州秦家山二号墓清理简报

Excavation of Tomb 2 at Qinjiashan, Jingzhou, Hubei

秦家山位于湖北省荆州市马山镇濠林村,北距荆门市纪山墓地约6.5公里,南距楚故都纪南城约3.5公里,其西约7公里处便是八岭山古墓群的沙冢与平头冢(图一)。秦家山是一处东北—西南走向的椭圆形岗地,约长480、宽250米,高出周围地面2～5米。在这片岗地西部,顺着岗地的走向排列着3座较大的墓葬(编号:M1～M3),3座墓葬之间的距离约为110米。其中M2。

Located at Houlin village, Mashan township, Jingzhou, about 6.5 km to the north ofthe Jishan cemetery and 3.5km to the south of Jinancheng or the old capital of the ChuState, Qinjia hill was lay with three large tombs coded M1. M2 and M3, of which M2 un-derwent rescue excavation in August 1997. Having been visited by tomb robbers, M2 has a square mouth, five tiers and a passagein the middle of its eastern side. The tomb furniture consist of three coffins each within anouter coffin. The skeletal remains of the tomb occupant are found extended, supine andrather well preserved. It was a female adult. An extremely valuable complete jade mask isfound at her head. The mask has pierced eyes, nostrils and a mouth, with other facial partsengraved in fine and smooth intaglio lines. Eight small round perforations are found at itsrim, probably used to sewn together with a silk facial cover. The tomb also yields bronze objects and their pottery imitations, jade articles as wellas bone, wooden and lacquer objects. The occupant must have been a noblewoman of theChu State.