元代铜权编号铭文的初步研究

A Preliminary Study on the Labelling Inscriptions on the Bronze Quan Containers of the Yuan Dynasty

元代铜权编号铭文的基本要素包括数字、天干、地支、千字文等四种;编号方式主要有“单个千字文文字”“数字”“单个千字文文字+数字”“两个千字文文字”“天干+数字”“地支+数字”等六类;编号的特点是比例小、多样性和随意性;编号的目的是登记造册、防伪杜奸。

The labelling inscriptions on Yuan-Dynasty bronze quan containers mainly contain four elements,including‘number’,‘celestial stem’,‘terrestrial branch’and‘the Thousand Character Classic’.The labelling methods include six main categories,‘single Thousand Character Classic character’,‘number’,‘single Thousand Character Classic plus number’,‘two Thousand Character Classic characters’,‘celestial stem plus number’,and‘terrestrial branch plus number’.These labels are of small percentage and the labelling methods are diverse yet random.The purpose of labelling was for registration but also to avoid falsification.