殷墟戚家庄东269号墓

EXCAVATION OF TOMB 269 EAST OF QIJIAZHUANG WITHIN THE YIN RUINS

安阳钢铁厂新建第四生活区位于殷墟小屯村西南约3.5公里处。其位置属于殷墟保护区外围,西距戚家庄村约300米,北距梅园庄村约1公里。占地面积近67000平方米。为搞清这一带地下文物情况,我队于1981年12月至1984年11月,在安钢进行基建工程时,作了全面的文物钻探和必要的考古发掘工作。1984年9、10月间,在该区西北角进行最后阶段的钻探工作,发现殷代墓葬六座及殷代灰坑等遗迹。六座殷墓(编号为AGSM 265—270)较为集中,

Tomb 269 is located in the area of the Yin Ruins, some 3.5km southwest of Xiaotun Village, about 300m east of Qijiazhuang and around 1km south of Meiyuanzhuang Village. Its excavation was started on October 28th, 1984 and ended on November 12th, the same year.Being well preserved, the tomb was discovered to be rich in material data, with the potiery, bronze, jade, bone and other objects unearthed totalling 73. The bronzes number 58 (28 inscribed), of which 23 are ritual vessels and musical instruments, including 14 types: ding (tripod and tetrapod ), yan (tripod steamer), lei (vase with a cover), gui (basin for food), jia (tripod with a loop car), zun (beaker), you (wine container with a swing handle and a lid), yi (wine container), gu (cup), zhi (goblet), jue (trilegged cup), dou (ladle), lid and nao (percussion instrument with a socket ai the bottom). Such a complete set of ritual and musical bronzes is of very great importance for studying the periodization of the Shang Dronzes and the hierarchy of the Shang society. The fang-ding tetrapod with tao-tie mask, ding tripod with kui-gragon design on legs and double-eared circular gui basin, carinate-shouldered large zun beaker and covered square yi wine container with tao-tic mask, all shaped distinctively and decorated exquisitely, are among the rare ronzr treasures from the Shang period.The tomb belongs to the third phase of the Yin Ruins and can be confined in date to the reigns of Wu Yi and Wen Ding.