Sanxingdui pork nose faucet pillar is extracted out of the pit, gathered in a variety of animals

Pig nose faucet pillar.

There are new news from Sanxingdui! On August 4th, the pork nose faucet pillar -shaped in the pit of the Sanxingdui site was extracted. In the previous results release, this long ear, unicorn, and unseen tube -columnar -shaped device caused a lot of attention. This extraction made its appearance more clearly known. Under its "pork nose", dense teeth shapes are extremely special -this is the "tooth" form that has been discovered before Samsung Dou Sanna.

Zhao Hao, the person in charge of the 8th pit and an associate professor of the Peking University Archaeological Board Academy, introduced that this pork nose dragon -shaped device is 1.2 meters long, 38 cm high, 20 cm in width (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 and a long ears on the faucet. One unicorn in the middle. The body is evenly distributed with scales patterns and a series of feathers patterns. The shape is strange and elegant.

Zhao Hao believes that this utensil is likely to be the imagination created by the ancient Shu people.

It is worth mentioning that the mouth of the pork nose faucet is densely covered with things like teeth. If you look closely, you can find that it is depicting the image of the tooth. Zhao Hao said that in the unearthed utensils of Sanxingdui, the image of a similar teeth is not rare. A group of bronze little people unearthed before were decorated with such a tooth. .

"We used to think that there was only one usage in use. It is not like this at present. It may be used by people, or it may be used as a decoration on clothes, or even portrayed on other utensils as decorations as decorations. Wait, it is possible. "Zhao Hao said.

Source: Huaxi Metropolis Daily

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