湖北随州市枣树林墓地春秋墓M191的发掘

Excavation of Spring and Autumn Tomb No.191 at the Zaoshulin Cemetery in Suizhou City,Hubei

2018年3月,湖北省文物考古研究所对枣树林墓地M191进行发掘。该墓为带斜坡墓道的竖穴土坑墓,出土铜器、陶器、玉器、漆木器等共117件(套)。多种铜礼器上发现有铭文,据此可知墓主应为楚王熊之妹、曾公夫人渔芈,时代属春秋中期。此墓的发掘为研究曾国与楚国及周邻地区的文化关系提供了重要资料。

In March 2018,the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology conducted an excavation at the Zaoshulin cemetery.This cemetery had numerous burials,including five large-sized tombs,with tomb No.191 located in the northern part of the cemetery being the most representative case.The layout of tomb is a vertical pit with a long sloping passageway,with one burial chamber and one coffin.A total of 117 artifacts(sets)were unearthed,including bronzes,pottery vessels,jade objects,and lacquered wood artifacts.Amongst them,there were five ding tripod and four gui tureen bronze ritual vessels.Various bronze ritual vessels had inscriptions,indicating that the occupant of tomb No.i91 was Yu Mi,the younger sister of the Chu King Xiong Ling and wife of Duke Qiu of Zeng,dating to the mid-Spring and Autumn period.The excavation of this tomb provides important information for researching the cultural relationship between the Zeng state and neighboring regions of the Chu state.