湖北襄阳羊祜山墓地明代墓葬发掘简报

The Excavation of a Tomb of the Ming Dynasty at Yang Hu Hill in Xiangyang, Hubei

羊祜山墓地位于湖北省襄阳市襄阳古城西南600米处的羊祜山东麓。为配合基本建设,襄阳市文物考古研究所于2014年8~9月对此墓地东部范围内的一座明墓(编号M38)进行了清理。此墓为"凸"字形半地穴式土圹石室墓,由墓道、甬道、墓室组成,墓室后壁正中阴刻一碑,碑文表明此墓建于明万历三十八年(1610年),墓主为明襄藩门正聂相寿,碑上部有一条石,上刻"安乐窝"三字,墓内出土八棱形釉陶盖盒等一套器物应为佛教舍利瘗埋之物。本次发掘为研究明代葬俗及明代官员的宗教信仰等提供了实物资料。

The Yang Hu Hill Cemetery is located on the eastern foot of Yang Hu Hill 600 m to the southwest of the Xiangyang Ancient City in present-day Xiangyang, Hubei. In August and November 2014, Xiangyang Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology excavated a tomb of the Ming Dynasty in the east of this cemetery （numbered M38） . This was a semi-subterranean stone chamber tomb built in earthen pit, which consisted of the passage, corridor and chamber; on the back wall of the tomb chamber, a tablet was engraved out of the stone, the inscription of which showed that this tomb was built in the thirty-eighth year of Wanli reign period of the Ming Dynasty （1610） , and its occupant was Nie Xiangshou, the menzheng （gatekeeper） of the princely mansion of the Princedom of Xiang of the Ming Dynasty. Over the tablet, a stone lintel was inlayed, on which three characters reading ＂ Anle Wo （Cozy Nest）＂ were engraved. The set of utensils of the glazed pottery octagonal lidded box and so on would be the Buddhist sar/ra reliquaries. The excavation of this tomb provided physical materials for the studies on the funeral customs and the religious beliefs of the officials of the Ming Dynasty.