On July 5, the reporter learned from the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology that local archaeologists found a tomb of middle-class nobles in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Jiangxian County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, and unearthed a short sword of the Duke of Chu.
The owner of the tomb was a male, aged 35 to 40 years old. An adult dog and two victims were buried in the tomb.
A total of 228 pieces (sets) of funerary objects were unearthed from the tomb, including bronze ware, tin ware, pottery, jade ware, bone horn ware, and mussel ware.
Among them, the bronze wares are the most numerous, including sacrificial weapons, weapons, tools, chariots and horses, etc.
Among them, a short sword unearthed has an inscription.
The short sword is 22.8 centimeters long, 18.8 centimeters long, 3.6 centimeters wide, and weighs 150 grams.
Archaeologists infer that it is possible that the maker of this utensil is the Duke of Chu, who is the same person as the bell of Duke of Chu unearthed in M64 of the cemetery of the Marquis of Jin and the bell of Duke of Chu unearthed in Jiayu County of the Song Dynasty.
(Reporter Wang Huilin video source Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology)
Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]