襄汾陶寺北墓地出土书者编钟试释

Explanation on the Inscriptions of the Shuzhe's Bells Unearthed from the Cemetery of the North of Taosi in XiangFen

据器物形制、纹饰及铭文来看,陶寺北墓地M3011出土的书者编钟的时代应为春秋中期前段。作器者系"书者"而非"书"。器主自称"卫侯之孙绅子之子",表明其出自卫国公室,此套编钟应系卫国之器;"绅子"可能即卫戴公申;"卫侯"可能是指卫顷侯,也可能是指卫国的始祖卫康叔,亦即沬司土疑簋(康侯簋)所云之"康侯"。据沬司土疑簋(康侯簋)铭来看,卫在周初始封时即已称侯,《史记·卫康叔世家》所谓"顷侯厚赂周夷王,夷王命卫为侯"之说可疑,司马贞《索隐》以为卫本侯爵、"伯"乃"方伯"之"伯"说可信。