湖北随州叶家山M28发掘报告

An Excavation Report on Tomb M28 of the Yejiashan Site in Suizhou, Hubei

叶家山M28是叶家山西周墓地中规模较大的墓葬之一,出土铜、陶、玉、原始瓷、漆木等质地的器物约600余件。通过初步整理发现,该墓出有多件带"曾侯"、"曾侯谏"铭文的青铜器,结合墓葬规模、随葬品情况,可推定该墓为一代曾侯墓,年代为西周早期。墓中出土的2块随葬铜锭,经检测铜含量达98%以上,这是全国西周墓地的一次极重要发现,可证明西周早期的曾国已有了独立的青铜冶炼业,同时对研究汉东方国铜料来源提供了非常重要的实物依据。

Tomb M28 is one of the largest tombs in the Yejiashan Western Zhou cemetery, from which more than 600 pieces of burial objects are unearthed, including bronzes, potteries, jades, protoporcelains, and lacquer wares. This tomb＇s owner is considered as one of the marquise of the Zeng State in early Western Zhou period, based on a comprehensive analysis of the tomb＇s scale and the burial objects, especially the bronze wares with inscriptions ＂Marquis Jian of the Zeng＂ and ＂Marquis of the Zeng＂. Moreover, the other extremely significant discovery of the tomb is the two copper ingots, since the copper content of them is about 98%, which proves that the Zeng State could smell bronze independently. Meanwhile, the discovery offers important proof for study the source of copper minerals of the states in the Eastern Han River area.