摘要
今年是殷墟甲骨出土一百周年。为纪念龟卜的礼制在中国历史上有悠长的光辉传统,从文化学的角度甚有探索它神秘性之渊源的必要。一远古的龟甲和玉龟现在所知出土文物中最古的龟甲,要算裴李岗文化贾湖遗址的龟甲,原物现在河南博物院展出。细心观察,龟的“千里路”非常清晰,两翼似经过专人（龟人）攻治,有一钻孔,好像当时曾进行占卜手续。遗物年代属仰韶期,距今约7500～8000年(经<sup>14</sup>C测定,树轮校正)。龟的腹甲上面刻（?）、日二文,涂朱。另有（?）一文则镌于背甲上。墓主人为一壮年人,失去头颅,随葬品有一叉形骨器和八个龟甲,内贮石子,又两枝七孔鸟骨制的雌雄双笛。
This year is the centennial of the discovery of the oracle bone from the Yin Ruins. Toacknowledge the glorious tradition of oracle rite in China's history, the author of this arti-cle probes its mysterious origin. The hitherto earliest oracle turtle-shells came from the Peiligang culture, Hongshanculture, Longgangsi culture at Nanzheng in Shaanxi and Dawenkou culture in Shan-dong. Since turtle lives in water, it was called 'mother of water,' which reminds us of theIndian reference to the turtle as prajapati (mother of earth) or liquid of earth.
出处
《文物》
CSSCI
北大核心
1999年第10期35-37,共3页
Cultural Relics
