殷墟地区出土石容器研究

Study on the Stone Containers Unearthed from Yinxu Site

殷墟地区所出土的石容器,数量较多,制作精美,器形多样,包括鬲、簋、豆、碗、盒、尊、罐、罍、瓿、壶等常见器形,也包括有调色碟、舟形容器、椭圓形四足容器等特殊器形。这些石容器多为大理岩制作而成,主要发现于殷墟时期高等级贵族墓葬中,尤以侯家庄西北冈王陵区内出土石容器最为精美。石容器器物形态与陶器特别是青铜器极为相似,可能为仿青铜而制,部分容器可能具有礼器功能。

There are many stone containers unearthed in Yin Ruins.They are exquisite and complex in shape.The shapes of these vessels are varied.They include鬲、籃、豆、碗、盒、尊、罐、罍、甑、壶etc.Most of these stone containers were made of marble,which were mainly found in the tombs of high-grade nobles in the Yin Ruins period,especially in th mausoleum of Houjiazhuang.Its shape is very similar to that of pottery,especially bronze.It may be made of imitation bronze,and some vessels may have the function of ritual vessels.