河南安阳市殷墟刘家庄北地M793

Tomb No.793 at Liujiazhuang North Locus in Yinxu,Anyang City,Henan Province

1994年发掘的M793为竖穴土坑墓,葬具一棺一椁,墓室底部有一腰坑。出土遗物有陶器、铜器、玉器、石器、骨器、蚌器等。墓葬年代大体为殷墟二期晚段。根据铜器铭文和墓室规模,推测墓主为卜辞中“弜众”的一员,而非亚弜或弜族的族长。M793的发掘,为推断刘家庄北地是亚弜或弜族的一处集中居住地提供了重要线索。

Tomb No.793 at the Liujiazhuang North Locus in Yinxu,Anyang City,Henan Province was excavated by the Anyang Working Team,Institute of Archaeology,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in August 1994.It is a pit tomb equipped with one coffi n and one burial chamber,as well as a waist pit in the fl oor.Unearthed grave goods include objects made of pottery,bronze,jade,stone,bone,and shell,etc.As with previously discovered tomb No.44,tomb No.793 yielded bronze assemblages with inscriptions of“Yajiang”,suggesting that the neighboring area was likely where the“Yajiang”lineage dwelled.Characteristics of grave goods indicate that tomb No.793 dates approximately to late Yinxu PhaseⅡ.Bronze inscriptions and the size of the tomb chamber indicate that the tomb occupant was a minor leader of the lineage“Yajiang”or“Jiang”,a member of the“Jiangzhong”(Jiang group)recorded in oracle bone inscriptions,rather than the lineage leader of the“Yajiang”or“Jiang”.This excavation provides crucial clues for confi rming Liujiazhuang North Locus as one of the dwelling loci occupied by the“Yajiang”or“Jiang”lineage.