湖北随州市叶家山西周墓地

The Yejiashan Cemetery of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Suizhou City,Hubei

在叶家山西周墓地共发现墓葬65座和马坑1座。出土铜器、陶器、原始瓷器和玉器等遗物700余件套,其中部分铜器上有"曾"、"侯"、"曾侯"和"曾侯谏"等铭文。据器物形制和铜器铭文,该墓地是西周早期曾侯的家族墓地。这对研究汉东西周早期曾鄂、曾楚关系具有重要的学术价值。

In February through June 2011, Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Ar- chaeology and Suizhou Museum conducted excavation to Yejiashan Cemetery of the Western Zhou Dy- nasty. The excavation uncovered areas of 3700 sq m in total, from which 65 tombs and one horse pit were recovered and over 700 pieces （or sets） of artifacts including bronzes, potteries, proto-poreelain wares and jades were unearthed. Some bronzes bore inscriptions of ＂Zeng 曾＂, ＂Hou 侯 （marquis）＂, ＂Zeng Hou 曾侯 （Marquis of Zeng）＂, ＂Zeng Hou Jian 曾侯谏 （Marquis of Zeng named Jian）＂ and so on. The styles of the grave goods and the inscriptions on the bronzes showed that this cemetery was the family cemetery of the Marquis of Zeng in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. The excavation of the Yeijiashan Cemetery has significant academic meanings for the researches on the relationships between the Zeng and E States and Zeng and Chu States to the east of the Han River in the Early Western Zhou Dynasty.