Northern Wei wooden warrior figurines were first discovered in Datong ancient tomb. What else did you find?

In addition to the wooden warrior figures of the Northern Wei Dynasty, archaeologists also found wooden tomb animals, painted pottery, stone tablets, stone lamps and other things here. This ancient tomb of Datong was discovered in Yudong New District in May and June of October17. In order to cooperate with the local infrastructure construction, the staff of Datong Archaeological Research Institute stumbled upon this ancient tomb. After rescue excavation, archaeologists unearthed more than 40 tombs of the Northern Wei Dynasty here. Which one is named? M 13？ Graves are the most concerned.

The M 13 tomb attracts people's attention with its unique shape and rich contents, and its age is also very clear. The shape of this tomb is a square brick tomb popular in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It consists of a pyramid, a tunnel and a grave. Among them, a wooden hall is used in the tomb (similar to a wooden house), and there is another one in the wooden hall. Concave? Form a wooden couch for placing the body. Due to the age, the wooden hall and wooden couch have been decayed and damaged, but the discovery of this ancient tomb has important research significance.

After research, archaeologists found that this ancient tomb had experienced many thefts, but fortunately, its funerary objects were not looted. Archaeologists found a stone tablet here, and the discovery of this stone tablet made archaeologists wonder about the identity of the owner of this ancient tomb. From the inscription on this stone tablet, we can know the name of the owner of this ancient tomb? Garbo? In the first year of Taihe (477), he was buried on October 10th. There is no record in history, but according to relevant historical records, archaeologists speculate that it should be the Jia family from Liangzhou during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and then moved to Datong and Pingcheng by immigrants. In other words, more than forty tombs of the Northern Wei Dynasty found in Datong are probably the family cemeteries of Jiabao.

As far as cultural relics are concerned, archaeologists have found many wooden products, stone tools, pottery and lacquerware here. Among them, in terms of wood products, wooden warrior figures and tomb animals from the Northern Wei Dynasty were unearthed for the first time. Among them, there are two wooden warrior figures, which are characterized by slightly leaning forward and twisting their hips, slightly bending their front legs and rotting other limbs. Five features, big eyes, pointed nose, and a moustache under generous lips. There is only one tomb beast in the town, and it is in the shape of a human face beast. The posture is that the forelimbs are upright and the hind limbs are squatting.

In addition, archaeologists also found pottery pots and pots painted with gold and silver patterns and lotus patterns, as well as stone lamps carved with double lotus patterns. These findings provide a lot of information for further understanding the funeral customs and culture of the Northern Wei Dynasty.