A jade1 seal found in the interior coffin2 of a 2,000-year-old tomb in east China's Jiangxi Province has helped identify its master as the Marquis of Haihun, who had a short-lived reign3 of 27 days as an emperor of Western Han Dynasty.
中国江西省一处具有2000年历史的坟墓中出土的棺材内一颗玉玺帮助考古工作者确认了墓主人的身份——“汉废帝”刘贺——登基27天即遭废黜的西汉皇帝。
Xin Lixiang, head of the
excavation4 expert panel of the Haihunhou Tomb, announced it at a press conference in the Beijing Capital Museum Wednesday.
The announcement also commenced a three-month show of more than 400 artifacts selected from over 10,000 items
unearthed5 from the tomb during the 5-year-long excavation.
Xin, who is one of China's most
authoritative6 archeologists for the Qin and Han dynasties, said the research team found a seal of white jade at the waist position of the human
remains7.
The printing base is
inscribed8 with the seal characters of "Liu He", name of the Marquis of Haihun, who is also the grandson of Emperor Wu whose reign
ushered9 in one of the most prosperous periods in China's history.