辽宁大连市营城子汉墓群2003M76的发掘

The Excavation of Tomb 2003M76 of the Yingchengzi Cemetery of the Han Dynasty in Dalian City, Liaoning

营城子汉墓群位于辽宁省大连市甘井子区营城子街道中部,主要分布范围在202国道(旅顺至大连北路)及铁路线两侧。墓地濒临渤海,北依黄龙尾半岛,南望炮台山-城山诸山,东起前牧城驿村,西至双台沟村,全长约10公里(图一)。区域内地势狭长平坦,为第四纪黄土堆积分布区,土质细腻纯净,是汉墓的主要埋葬区域。从20世纪30年代至今,共发掘汉魏时期墓葬约300座,其中绝大多数为两汉墓葬。

The Yingchengzi Cemetery of the Han Dynasty is located in the middle of the Yingchengzi Sub-district,Ganjingzi District,Dalian City,Liaoning.The tomb M76 of this cemetery excavated in 2003 was a single-chamber tomb built of shells of bivalve mollusks and bricks,tiles and stones for a couple of occupants.From this tomb,a gold belt buckle and bronze chengxuan-wine jar stand,ding-tripod,zun-wine jar etc.in total 24 pieces(sets)of grave goods were unearthed,the dates of which would be around the late Western Han Dynasty or the Xin Dynasty(Wang Mang Interregnum).The gold belt buckle unearthed from this tomb is chased with 10 dragons inlayed with turquoises,the design of which is exquisite and the craftsmanship is superb.The bronze chengxuan-wine jar stand is huge in size and the decors on the plate-shaped top are complicated and elaborate.The large amount of high-ranking grave goods unearthed from this tomb indicated that its occupants would be high-ranking officials or local rich people.