宁夏固原南塬水厂唐墓M4随葬马骨研究

A preliminary study of the horse skeletons from grave M4 of Tang in Nanyuanshuichang Cemetery,Guyuan,Ningxia

2015年,宁夏文物考古研究所对固原市南塬水厂墓地进行抢救性发掘。其中,唐代墓葬M4出土两具马骨,一具为成年母马,一具为幼年个体,二马均被肢解,可能与遣奠用牲有关。这批马骨为研究隋唐时期墓葬礼仪用牲状况和唐代民间养马业的发展状况提供了重要资料。

During the June^July in 2015,Ningxia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology had excavated Nanyuan-shuichang cemetery.Two horses’skeletons,a female adult and a foal,were unearthed from grave M4 that is dated to Tang.These horses may be related to the burial ritual of"Qiandian"(遣奠)as their bodies were fragmented in different degrees.These horse remains will serve as important materials to explore the usage of animal sacrifice in fu-nerary ceremony and also the horse husbandry in the Tang Dynasty.