枝江百里洲铜器组年代与文化特征补略

Dates and Cultural Attributes of Bronze Groups from Bailizhou in Zhijiang City, Hubei Province

枝江百里洲铜器组,属楚系低等贵族墓随葬品,关于其年代学界有属春秋早期、中期等认识。本文通过对比相关考古资料,结合楚系青铜器研究成果,认为这组青铜器年代当在春秋中期前段,绝对年代约在公元前650年左右。该器组器类组合、器物形制、纹饰风格、铭文字体等均体现出中原文化的基本特征,从而可见春秋时期楚文化发展的概貌。

The bronze groups unearthed from Bailizhou in Zhijiang City of Hubei Province served as grave goods for lower-ranked nobles of the Chu state.Researchers have differed in their opinions about whether these bronzes belonged to the early or middle Spring Autumn period.The present paper plays an emphasis on archaeological evidence relevant to this issue and,by taking into consideration previous studies on bronzes of the Chu culture,proposes that the bronze groups from Bailizhou in Zhijiang should date to the early stage of the middle Spring and Autumn period.In terms of absolute dates,they are quite likely dated to 650 BC.The bronze groups share fundamental characteristics with those from the Central Plains,especially in artifactual combination,vessel shape and form,decorative motifs,and style of inscriptions,from which we could probe into the development of the Chu culture in the Spring and Autumn period.