湖北随州叶家山墓地M126出土铜器科学分析

Scientific Analysis of Bronze Artifacts Excavated from Tomb No.1 at the Yejiashan Cemetery,Suizhou,Hubei

本文通过科技检测手段对叶家山M126出土铜器进行了分析。结果表明,经分析的10件器物中,有7件为铅锡青铜制成,包括6件容器和1件兵器,有3件锡青铜,全部为容器。这批铜器制作采用块范铸造工艺。祖己爵M126:16为一件商代器物。其他器物分属A类和C类普通铅的范畴。其他族属铭文铜器中,一部分器物使用了与曾国铜器相同或相似的矿料,另一部分器物与曾国铜器使用的矿料不同,体现了西周早中期青铜物料流通信息,部分以器物组的形式流通。

This paper analyzes the bronze artifacts unearthed from the Yejiashan tomb no.M126 using technological detection methods.The results indicate that out of the 10 analyzed artifacts,seven are made of lead-tin bronze alloy,including six vessels and one weapon,while three are tin bronzes,all of which are vessels.These bronze artifacts were produced using the piece-mold casting technique.Among them,the object no.M126:16 is from the Shang Dynasty.Other artifacts fall into categories A and C of common lead bronzes.Among the bronze artifacts with clan inscriptions,some used the same or similar ores as those found in the Zeng State bronze artifacts,while others used different ores,reflecting the circulation of bronze materials during the early to middle Western Zhou period,with some being circulated in the form of sets of artifacts.