河南淅川县马川墓地118号东周墓

The Eastern Zhou Tomb No. 118 of Machuan Cemetery in Xichuan County,Henan

2007～2008年在淅川县马川墓地发现了近百座东周墓。墓葬保存基本完整,其中以118号墓的规模较大。该墓为带墓道的长方形多台阶竖穴土坑木椁墓,由墓道、墓室两部分组成。墓内有一椁三棺,出有陶器、青铜兵器、铜铃及料珠、玛瑙珠等遗物。该墓年代应为战国早期,墓主人为卿大夫级。

In the years 2007 to 2008,Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and other institutions conducted excavation to Machuan Cemetery in Xichuan County. The almost 100 Eastern Zhou tombs recovered in these excavations were preserved rather well,the M118 of which had large size and plentiful grave goods,which are important materials for the in-depth researches on the Chu Culture. It was a rectangular earthen shaft tomb consisting of the ramp passageway and the tomb chamber. with multi-tier walls and wooden coffin chamber. Three coffins were set side by side in the coffin chamber,the grave goods unearthed from which were mainly potteries,as well as bronze weapons,bells and beads made of glass and agate. The date of this tomb would be the early Warring-States Period and its occupants would be aristocrats with Qing （minister） or Dafu （grand master） ranks.