太原市尖草坪西晋墓

Excavation of a Western Jin Tomb in Taiyuan

2000年9月,太原市尖草坪区发现一座古代砖室墓。该墓由墓道、过洞、天井、甬道、墓室构成,墓室的左、右、后各设一间假耳室,表现出由汉代的多室墓向南北朝时期的单室墓过渡的特征。墓中出土陶罐、钵、壶等10余种实用器皿。综合各种因素,此墓应为西晋墓。这是山西省首次发现西晋时期的墓葬。

In September 2000, a brick tomb of the Western Jin was brought to light at Jiancaoping in Taiyuan. The tomb consists of the passage, tunnel, courtyard, chamber and so on. The chamber is flanked by a false side chamber on each side, suggesting a transition from the multi-chambered pattern of the Han dynasty toward the single-chambered one of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. About ten gray pottery utensils for everyday use such as jar, bowl, vase and so on were unearthed. No ceremonial objects or figurines are found. Special mention should be made of a jar covered with brown glaze, whose shape are extremely similar to those unearthed from the Western Jin tombs at Luoyang, Nanyang, Nanjing and other localities in Zhejiang and Hubei. Judging by all this, the tomb belongs to the Western Jin, and therefore is the first tomb of that period ever found in Shanxi.