It has all along been a controversial issue in academic circles how to denominate grave goods recording slips and tablets. According to textual records, scholars usually call them “qiance 遣策，” i.e. slips with lis...It has all along been a controversial issue in academic circles how to denominate grave goods recording slips and tablets. According to textual records, scholars usually call them “qiance 遣策，” i.e. slips with lists of tomb furniture and the names of donors. Combining literary records with archaeological finds, the author of this paper points out the limitation of this denomination, and, on the basis of archaeological discoveries, puts forward the name "wushu" jiandu“物疏”简牍, or slips and tablets with lists of funeral objects. Furthermore, she discusses the shape and number of wushu jiandu, the form of writing and recording on them, and their placement in tombs, as well as the distribution of these tombs.展开更多
In 2001, the Changsha Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology excavated a tomb of the Eastern Jin period at Datang Village of Xingang Town in Kaifu District, Changsha City. The tomb consists of a passag...In 2001, the Changsha Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology excavated a tomb of the Eastern Jin period at Datang Village of Xingang Town in Kaifu District, Changsha City. The tomb consists of a passage and a pit, and has an arched top and a brick chamber. Altogether 20 pieces/sets of funeral objects were unearthed from it, including celadon, bronzes, irons, talcum articles, goldware and silverware, with the first class as the main part. The tomb is in the best condition among the Jin burials recently discovered in the Changsha area. Rich in grave goods and especially valuable for the unearthed talcum tomb-guard with the dating inscription 'tenth year of Xianhe reign,' it provided important reference data for the chronological study of Jin tombs in the Changsha area.展开更多
Two brick-chambered tombs were excavated at Shizigang south of Nanjing City proper in April 1994. They are close in location, identical in direction and similar in size and shape, either having a dome-covered chamber ...Two brick-chambered tombs were excavated at Shizigang south of Nanjing City proper in April 1994. They are close in location, identical in direction and similar in size and shape, either having a dome-covered chamber with a short corridor and a 凸 -shaped plan. So they must belong to the same family cemetery. The unearthed pottery, porcelain, bronze, iron and talcum objects number more than 40 pieces, of which the most valuable is a bronze seal with the six sides bearing legends. Judging from the tomb shape and grave goods, the tombs should be dated to the early Eastern Jin period, and the tomb-owner of M1 is Sun Shi, or Sun Gongyuan by another name. The excavation provided material data of great significance to studying the Eastern Jin tomb shape and burial custom in the Nanjing area, as well as the casting technology and using institution of the then seals with legends on the six sides.展开更多
文摘It has all along been a controversial issue in academic circles how to denominate grave goods recording slips and tablets. According to textual records, scholars usually call them “qiance 遣策，” i.e. slips with lists of tomb furniture and the names of donors. Combining literary records with archaeological finds, the author of this paper points out the limitation of this denomination, and, on the basis of archaeological discoveries, puts forward the name "wushu" jiandu“物疏”简牍, or slips and tablets with lists of funeral objects. Furthermore, she discusses the shape and number of wushu jiandu, the form of writing and recording on them, and their placement in tombs, as well as the distribution of these tombs.
文摘In 2001, the Changsha Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology excavated a tomb of the Eastern Jin period at Datang Village of Xingang Town in Kaifu District, Changsha City. The tomb consists of a passage and a pit, and has an arched top and a brick chamber. Altogether 20 pieces/sets of funeral objects were unearthed from it, including celadon, bronzes, irons, talcum articles, goldware and silverware, with the first class as the main part. The tomb is in the best condition among the Jin burials recently discovered in the Changsha area. Rich in grave goods and especially valuable for the unearthed talcum tomb-guard with the dating inscription 'tenth year of Xianhe reign,' it provided important reference data for the chronological study of Jin tombs in the Changsha area.
文摘Two brick-chambered tombs were excavated at Shizigang south of Nanjing City proper in April 1994. They are close in location, identical in direction and similar in size and shape, either having a dome-covered chamber with a short corridor and a 凸 -shaped plan. So they must belong to the same family cemetery. The unearthed pottery, porcelain, bronze, iron and talcum objects number more than 40 pieces, of which the most valuable is a bronze seal with the six sides bearing legends. Judging from the tomb shape and grave goods, the tombs should be dated to the early Eastern Jin period, and the tomb-owner of M1 is Sun Shi, or Sun Gongyuan by another name. The excavation provided material data of great significance to studying the Eastern Jin tomb shape and burial custom in the Nanjing area, as well as the casting technology and using institution of the then seals with legends on the six sides.
