The excavation of tomb M12 at Hujiacaochang cemetery in Jingzhou, Hubei
Abstract
Eighteen tombs were uncovered at the Hujiacaochang cemetery in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province in 2018. Tomb M12, a rectangular pit tomb with a wooden chamber, yielded grave goods made of a variety of materials including pottery, bronze, iron, lacquer, bamboo, and stone. Lacquered wooden artifacts, accounting for the largest number among all grave goods, including daily utensils, vanity cases, mingqi, and a game board. A large number of bamboo slips and wooden tablets were found in two bamboo hampers. These manuscripts can be classified into several categories, such as annals, calendar, summer/winter solstice, legal documents, medical and miscellaneous prescriptions, rishu-almanacs, buji-registries, and qiance-grave goods inventory. According to the typology of grave goods as well as the textual records on slips, tomb M12 is dated to the reign of Emperor Wen of the Western Han.
Postscript
The original article 湖北荆州市胡家草场墓地M12 发掘简报 was published in Kaogu 考古 (Archaeology) 2020.2:3–20 with 52 illustrations and nine notes. The excavation report was prepared by Zhifang Li 李志芳 and Lujing Jiang 蒋鲁敬. The abbreviated English version, translated by Yuting Gao 高毓婷, has removed the notes.
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