Master Archaeologist

Chapter 46 Si Bo's Seal (Seek to read more!!)

"its not right"

Holding the sword, Kong Jianwen fell into deep thought again.

"This is a bronze sword made in Qin Dynasty. According to the laws of Qin State, all weapons made by the state must be engraved with the names of officials and craftsmen."

The state of Qin is very strict on weapon manufacturing, requiring each craftsman to leave his own mark when making weapons, so that if the quality of a weapon is not good or something goes wrong, the craftsman will be held accountable.

And if it is found that any weapon is not marked, all relevant personnel in the entire manufacturing chain will be punished by "cargo one".

That is to say, the penalty is equivalent to a set of armor.

If you can't pay it, then do hard labor!
In the feudal era 2000 years ago, this accurate personal responsibility system effectively improved the quality of Qin's weapons and avoided cutting corners and shoddy manufacturing.

From Qin Shihuang to Qin II, this set of laws was strictly enforced.

The terracotta warriors and horses unearthed in the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang have engraved marks on each of them, and all of them were manufactured from the third year of Qin Wangzheng to the first year of Qin II.

Could it be that the Qin-made bronze sword unearthed from Tomb M-105 was made unofficially?
But unofficially produced, can it be so sophisticated?

Kong Jianwen checked the sword carefully again.

This time, being extremely careful, he finally found some abnormalities on the sword.

There are traces of secondary polishing at a position of about 3*3 cm on the sword, which is obviously slightly different from the color of other surrounding areas.

Seeing this, Kong Jianwen knew it in his heart.

It is likely that there was a line of "so-and-such a temple worker in such and such a year" on the sword Bing.

It's just that Qin destroyed Han Xing, and for some reason or taboo, a certain generation of nobles in the family of the owner of the tomb rubbed off the Qin craftsman's mark on the sword.

Although it is a bit of a pity, it is impossible to tell the exact year of manufacture of this sword through the mark engraved by the craftsman.

But that's not a big deal either.

The state of Qin existed for a long time, but the state of the Qin Dynasty did not last long, and died in the second generation.

Moreover, there is also the carbon fourteen identification method. It is not difficult to know when this sword was made.

"Huh!"

"Teacher Kong! And holding jade!"

A sudden exclamation broke Kong Jianwen's contemplation.

Su Sa and Lin Ya, who were still cleaning up the coffin, picked up another object from the stagnant water with excited faces.

A piece of yellowish long cylindrical jade!

Moreover, on the jade, there are lines carved out by a single line. If you look closely, it seems that a pig is carved.

"Oh, a pig-shaped jade grip!" Yang Han said in amazement: "This is the most common type of jade grip in the Han Dynasty."

The ancients believed that when you die, you should not leave empty-handed, but hold wealth and power.

Therefore, in the Neolithic Age, the buried ancestors usually held animal teeth in their hands.

In the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the deceased held more shell coins, because shells represented wealth.

In the Han Dynasty, a jade pig was usually held in the hands of the owner of the tomb during burial.

"Pig" was not a derogatory term in the Han Dynasty. There was no such thing as "stupid pig" at that time.

It is rumored that Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was called Liu Zhi when he was a child. "彘" means pig in the Han Dynasty.

Regardless of whether the rumor is true or not, the fact that there is such a rumor at least shows that pig was not a derogatory word in the Han Dynasty, otherwise it would not be arranged on the head of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

In fact, pigs were a symbol of wealth in the Han Dynasty.

Jade pigs also became the most popular jade grip in the Han Dynasty.

"Not only that, but there is another one here!" Zhang Jianbo also received the good news.

He also fished out a small jade vessel from the water, 韘!

"Shuowen·Wei Bu" contains: "Wei, shoot and judge. So hold the string. Use the elephant bone. Wei Department, the right giant finger of the chopsticks."

韘, Yintongshe, appeared in the Shang Dynasty. It is a tool worn by the archer on the thumb of the right hand and used to hold the bowstring to shoot the prey.

The earliest unearthed 韘 was unearthed from the tomb of Fuhao in the Shang Dynasty.

By the Western Han Dynasty, the development of 韘 was very mature, and it was also endowed with a symbol of power.

In modern times, it is often referred to as the finger puller and the jade finger puller.

The vigil in Zhang Jianbo's hand is not only exquisite in style, but also made of relatively high-quality jade.

Even after being soaked in water for 2000 years, this piece is still crystal clear and warm.

This is obviously several times higher in quality than the tomb owner's yellowed jade grip.

Chen Han sighed and said: "It can be seen that the owner of the tomb is indeed in the bottom of his family, so he is willing to buy a better jade to make a finger."

"No matter how big the jade grip is, you can't afford such a good jade to make it."

Except that the bronze sword is a family heirloom.

The other funeral objects of the owner of the tomb should all be his own, including the altars and jars in the tomb.

After all, the Han Dynasty advocated generous burials, and usually brought their own things into the grave after death.

The father and even the ancestors of the owner of the tomb probably didn't leave much jade for him, and would only bring it into the tomb by himself.

But Chen Han and the others groped in the coffin for a long time, and in the end they only found these two pieces of jade.

One pair is a jade handle specially used for funerals, and the other should be the jade finger that the owner of the tomb often used or even used during his lifetime.

A little bit shabby.

But after thinking about it, the owner of tomb M-105 is actually just a small nobleman, and it is very good to be buried with two jade artifacts.

It was just that the precious bronze sword was found from the coffin before, which raised Chen Han's psychological expectations of the tomb owner's burial objects.

In fact, such burial specifications are in line with the identity of the owner of the tomb.

If seven or eight pieces of jade are found in the coffin, then something is wrong.

So far, the cleaning work of the coffin has come to an end.

Kong Jianwen stared at the coffin, which had almost drained of water, and clicked his tongue regretfully.

"The two pieces of jade are not bad."

"It's a pity that the bones of the owner of the tomb have been hydrolyzed to the point where they have lost their research value."

The owner of the tomb had been decomposed during his lifetime, and was even buried after growing maggots, so the preservation of the body itself was not good.

After 2000 years of groundwater erosion, it is really difficult to preserve the bones.

Even a slightly larger complete skeleton has been found.

After searching for a long time, everyone found a few teeth and a few fragments of leg bones.

However, just when everyone was about to pack up, close the coffin again, and prepare to end the cleanup work.

The sharp-eyed Chen Han seemed to see a hard object only one centimeter in size in the black sediment in the southeast corner of the coffin.

At first, he thought it was a bone fragment left by the owner of the tomb, so he casually reached out and picked it out of the sediment.

But after digging it out, he realized that it was not a piece of bone, but a small and exquisite seal!

Chen Han quickly wiped off the mud on the seal.

A square turtle-shaped seal clearly came into his eyes.

The tortoise stands on all fours, with its head raised and its tail drooping. The back of the turtle is decorated with fine lines, and four-character seal script is engraved on the printed surface.

Since the seal was really too small, he barely recognized the four big characters after he got closer and carefully identified it.

"Sibo's Seal"

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