Sanxingdui No. 8 pit pig nose faucet pillar -shaped pillar out of the pit to reproduce the "tooth" form

Sanxingdui is new again! On August 4th, the pork nose faucet in Sanxingdui No. 8 pits was successfully extracted. At the same time, it also brings more surprises -under the wide "pork nose", densely dense teeth shapes are extremely special, it is the "tooth" form that has been discovered before the Sanxingdui sacrifice pit.

Zhao Hao, the person in charge of the 8th pit and an associate professor at the Peking University Archaeological Board Academy, introduced that this pork nose dragon shape is 1.2 meters long, 38 cm high, 20 cm wide (between eyes), 12 cm width, and the whole is a quarterly symmetrical symmetry In the form, the head and body have their own seams. The whole utensils are long -columnar, with a wide nose on the faucet, a long ears, a unicorn in the middle, and the body is evenly distributed with scales patterns and a series of feather -like patterns.

Regarding the specific animal image displayed by this utensil, Zhao Hao believes that further research can be confirmed. It is likely that the ancient Shu people have borrowed the imagination created by various animals, but their wide nose shaped like pork nose nose -nose. On the surface, there are simulated fish scales patterns and a series of feather patterns, and the overall shape is like dragons.

In addition, the mouth of the faucet draws a lot of teeth like teeth. If you look closely, you can find that it portrayed the image of the tooth. Zhao Hao said that the image of a similar teeth in the unearthed utensils of Sanxingdui is not rare. "In fact, this is not the same as the concepts we used to understand before. They always think that there is only one way of use to use. At present, it seems that the model it appears is not single. A decoration, even portraying as decoration on other utensils, etc., is possible. "

It is reported that in June this year to the present, more than a month, No. 8 Pit has extracted a number of large bronze, bronzes, and more than 20 bronze avatars.

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