In the light of the three storage pits of the Shang bronze vessels discovered outside the Shang city at Zhengzhou, and the bronze vessels and their location, this paper discusses the nature of the pits and suggests th...In the light of the three storage pits of the Shang bronze vessels discovered outside the Shang city at Zhengzhou, and the bronze vessels and their location, this paper discusses the nature of the pits and suggests that it may have been the result of burying the bronze vessels after offering sacrifices to gods or ancestors by the Shang royal lineage of the Erligang period.Howerver,from the shapes, decorations and workmanship of some new found bronze vessels unearthed from a storage pit at Nan Shun Cheng Jie of Zhengzhou city, it is beliveed that the pit may have been at the late period of the Erligang phase. Therefore, this paper considers that the earliest of the three storage pits may be as early as the first period of the upper layer of the Erligang phase, while the latest one may be as late as the second period of the upper layer of the Erligang phase.展开更多
文摘1984年4月,兴隆县小东区乡小河南村农民在村西南2公里的西沟里取石时,发现商周青铜器10件。这批青铜器埋藏在一面西的坡度为45度的石土山坡中,距坡面1米左右。器物种类有剑、戈、刀、钺、矛和器盖等。短剑 1件。扁体无脊,有格,扁条形茎,一侧有凹槽,槽中部有一圆孔,半球形首。格与叶形成两个三角形缺口。长38厘米(图一:1;二:8)。刀 2件。一件为铃首刀,弧背,凹弧刃,刀身断面呈 T 形。刀柄断面呈椭圆形,内空,两面中部各有长方形孔两个。
文摘In the light of the three storage pits of the Shang bronze vessels discovered outside the Shang city at Zhengzhou, and the bronze vessels and their location, this paper discusses the nature of the pits and suggests that it may have been the result of burying the bronze vessels after offering sacrifices to gods or ancestors by the Shang royal lineage of the Erligang period.Howerver,from the shapes, decorations and workmanship of some new found bronze vessels unearthed from a storage pit at Nan Shun Cheng Jie of Zhengzhou city, it is beliveed that the pit may have been at the late period of the Erligang phase. Therefore, this paper considers that the earliest of the three storage pits may be as early as the first period of the upper layer of the Erligang phase, while the latest one may be as late as the second period of the upper layer of the Erligang phase.
