新见阳曲矛考

Examination of the Newly Discovered Yangqu Spear

本文据新见兵器“阳曲矛”,纠正原来古文字工具书中著录的“合阳矛”的铭文,并根据铭辞格式及铭文中的“阳曲”,确定这两件铜矛的国别为三晋之赵国;又结合铭文特征字的写法及铜矛的形制特点,确定铜戈年代不会晚于赵惠文王二十八年(前271)。

This article corrects the inscription recorded for the Heyang spear in paleographic reference works based on the newly discovered Yangqu spear.According to the format of the inscription and the use of“Yangqu”,the paper proposes that the two bronze spears originated from Zhao.Furthermore,based on the characteristics of the inscription,the writing of the graphs,and the physical characteristics of the bronze spear,we can surmise that the two spears were made no later than the twenty-eighth year of King Huiwen of Zhao,that is 271BC.