Master Archaeologist

Chapter 192 Although I'm Quite Courageous, But Not Much Courage

"Hey, I heard that you dug up the seals of the three ladies?"

Kong Jianwen swaggered into the east room with his hands behind his back.

Seeing him coming, Professor Li scolded with a smile: "You are not busy in the back room, why come here to join in the fun?"

"Oh, I should let the boys under my command exercise more, especially the archaeologists from the Guangzhou Institute, they lack the archaeological experience of such large tombs." Kong Jianwen waved his hand and said indifferently.

The condition of the back room is very good.

The plane of the back storage room is slightly square, 1.8 meters wide from east to west, and 2 meters long from north to south. It is separated from the main room by only two stone pillars as a doorway.

In terms of area, it is only one third of the size of the east room.

In fact, the archaeological team led by Kong Jianwen couldn't get all the members into it to excavate.

Therefore, compared with the two side chambers, the excavation work of the back chamber is the easiest.

"The rear storage room is an important storehouse for storing food and placing cooking utensils and storage containers."

"The funerary objects inside are mainly cooking utensils, storage containers and toilets."

"I looked around at random, and found tripods, mirrors, ovens, handles, basins, pottery urns, and pots."

"Most of them are full of food, there are many traces of animal bones and carbonized residues of fruits and crops."

"These things are expensive, and they are quite expensive, but they are still very simple to clean up. They are all common utensils."

"So I let go and let the boys under me clean up and accumulate more experience."

As Kong Jianwen said.

Although there are quite a few burial objects in the back storage room, most of them are common cultural relics. Basically, as long as the tombs before the Han Dynasty are excavated, these artifacts will definitely be unearthed.

Maybe in Guangzhou, these things are precious items, which were very rare before.

But in the archaeological province of the Central Plains, the amount of these things unearthed is enough to fill several warehouses.

The tripods, mirrors, pots, pots, cooking utensils, storage vessels and washers from the Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasties are almost standard equipment in noble tombs.

It's really not that rare.

It is only because Guangdong started to develop after the Han Dynasty.

The Han Dynasty was another milestone in the leap from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age.

This has led to the fact that such large bronze cookers are indeed rare in Guangdong.

The things that Kong Jianwen was tired of looking at were all rare things in the eyes of his fellow researchers at the Guangzhou Institute of Archeology.

That being the case, he simply let go and let the people under him dig it out.

In this way, he can still get a good name.

Now that the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Social Sciences has been sent to the local area, it still cherishes feathers very much, hoping to make a good reputation.

Otherwise, the archaeological forces in various places are becoming more and more abundant, and the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Social Sciences will not be involved in any important projects discovered.

Over time, wouldn't the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Social Sciences become a department for the aged?
This will not work!

Therefore, it is very necessary for local archaeological institutes to study well with the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Social Sciences.

At least he has to keep away from the pack of hungry wolves at Peking University Cultural and Museum Institute!

"How is it? How is the situation on your side?" Kong Jianwen asked casually.

Professor Li replied without raising his head: "Didn't you know all about it? Three seals of my wife were unearthed."

"The east chamber is the hiding place of the owner of the tomb's martyrdom. There are many jade and stone artifacts buried with them, and most of them are beautifully shaped and carved."

"It can be seen that most of them should be the group jade pendant worn by Mrs. Cong Sai."

From martyrdom, in fact, is a nicer way of saying martyrdom.

And the formation of jade pendants is also very interesting.

Group jade pendants are generally composed of jade bi, jade huang, jade ring and jade pendant.

but!

When used as jade pendants, jade bi and jade huang played a decorative role rather than a symbol of power.

Let's say that.

It is a special burial system to place individual jade discs on and under the body of the tomb owner, which can only be used by high-ranking nobles.

Generally, except for princes, kings and emperors, other nobles would not directly use a single jade bi or jade huang to cover their bodies.

but!

If the jade bi and jade huang are combined with the jade pendant to make a jade pendant, then these jade wares will change from a symbolic meaning to a decorative meaning.

For example, the "Jing Xiangling" in the front room, he was also buried with groups of jade pendants, which were also groups of jade pendants.

He is an eunuch, and he is not the highest eunuch, but only a middle-level eunuch.

According to the etiquette system, it is absolutely impossible for him to enjoy the jade burial!

It is even more impossible to use jade to cover the body, such an advanced burial ceremony.

However, group jade pendants are not counted among them.

His set of jade pendants may have been bestowed by the Nanyue King, and even because he wanted to be buried with him, he gave such a set of jade pendants for his burial.

In this way, it is not considered a violation of etiquette.

Similarly, Zhao Hu's martyrs must not be able to enjoy the jade burial.

A single jade bi or jade huang without any non-group jade pendant was found in the east chamber.

However, they were buried with several sets of jade pendants.

When these groups of jade pendants are in good condition, they should be woven together and hung around the waist for decoration.

Among them, there is a wall with three phoenix scroll patterns and a wall with three dragon scroll patterns found in the head box of the main tomb, which can be regarded as "couple models".

Presumably it should also be a reward from the owner of the tomb.

Its owner should be very popular with Zhao Hu, the owner of the tomb, so there are such couple models.

It is estimated that its owner wore this set of jade pendants every day to show his favor.

"Just found three Madam seals?"

Kong Jianwen nodded: "So, Zhao Hu should have only three wives who died?"

Just when Professor Li was about to agree.

Chen Han, who buried himself in cleaning in the north-central part of the room, suddenly shouted: "No!"

"More than three!"

"I found another seal!"

"Still the Golden Seal!"

With a quick swipe, the members of the archaeological team who were cleaning up in other places quickly moved to Chen Han's side.

Professor Li and Kong Jianwen also came over immediately.

"What seal?"

"Madam Right Seal!"

"The printing surface is square, and the four characters "Your Lady's Seal" are inscribed in seal script, with sidebars and cross borders."

"The standard of the seal is the same as the three gilt-copper seals discovered before. They are all tortoise shells, with a hollow belly, and the size is similar, but the material is different."

Hearing Chen Han's introduction, Professor Li took a deep look at the seal in his hand and sighed, "Golden seal!"

"Sure enough, the Nanyue Kingdom also respects the right!"

According to the system of the Western Han Dynasty, only the princes and kings can use the gold seal.

That is to say, princes, kings and queens can only use gold as seals, and other wives of princes and kings can only use copper seals.

However, the Nanyue Kingdom has always overstepped, and Zhao Hu himself made a jade seal that can only be used by the emperor.

So in theory, his first wife, the queen, should also use jade to make seals, not seals.

Then, it is normal for Mrs. You, the second person in the harem under the queen, to use gold that can only be used by the central princes and kings of the Western Han Dynasty to make seals.

The Central Committee of the Western Han Dynasty probably did the same.

After all, according to the official statement, the wife of the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty was a prince compared to a prince, so of course a gold seal was used.

Only three bronze seals of his wife were found before, and Professor Li thought that Zhao Hu only dared to presume to use his own seal, and did not do so in the harem.

Now it seems that he has also overstepped in terms of the lady in the harem.

But, as he did with himself, he overstepped, but only a little.

Only the highest-ranking Mrs. You usurped the gold seal, while the other wives still used the bronze seal.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this Zhao Hu is really brave, but not many!"

(End of this chapter)