湖北荆州王家嘴798号楚墓发掘简报

Brief Report of Excavation of the Chu Tomb M798 at Wangjiazui in Jingzhou of Hubei

为配合基建项目,荆州博物馆对位于楚纪南故城东城垣外约4公里处的王家嘴战国墓地进行了考古发掘。2021年6月,在编号为M798的一座小型战国楚墓中,出土了一批珍贵的铜器、漆木器和竹简。竹简字体为战国楚系简帛文字,原数量约为800支,内容有《诗经》的《国风》部分,与《论语》体裁相似的《孔子曰》,以及一种可能为乐谱的新见类型简册。

The Jingzhou Museum carried out salvage excavations at the Wangjiazui cemetery,which is located 4 km away from the east enclosing wall of the Ancient City of Jinan.In June 2021,archaeologists excavated important bronze wares,lacquered and wooden objects,and bamboo slips from tomb M798,a small-sized Chu tomb dating to the Warring State period.Characters on the bamboo slips were written following the Chu-style writing system most popular on contemporaneous bamboo slips and silk manuscripts.It is estimated that 800 bamboo slips were originally buried in the tomb.Guo Feng in Shijing(the Classic of Songs)have been identified on the bamboo slips,and so has Kongzi Yue,whose genre is similar to that of Lun Yu(the Analects of Confucius).Furthermore,a new type of bamboo book,possibly a music score,has also been identified.