蔺 (Lin)
- State
- 赵 (Zhao)
- Modern location
- 山西省吕梁市离石区 (Lishi District, Lvliang, Shanxi)
- Coordinates
- 37.433039, 110.894226
- Name
- 蔺 (Lin)
- Finds
- 775 coins across 73 sites
- Coin types
- 大尖足布 (Large Pointed-foot Spade)、大圆足布 (Large Round-foot Spade)、方足布 (Square-foot Spade)、圜钱 (Round Coin)、尖足布 (Pointed-foot Spade)、类圆足布 (Quasi-round-foot Spade)、圆足布 (Round-foot Spade)、圆足布范 (Round-foot Spade Mould)
- Inscriptions
- 蔺 (Lin)、蔺半 (Lin Ban)
蔺城定位在曜头乡郝塔村。根据县志记载,曜头古城遗址 位于县城东北18公里,介于曜头乡郝塔村和南庄村之间。黄土丘陵的山梁,起伏连绵,现已垦为耕地,表层露头。秃水河自北向南流经遗址土丘前缘的缓坡之西。古城依山梁的起伏,沿崖壁周缘自沟底向顶部夯筑,垂直高度20~60米,底宽20~30米,顶宽4.4~9.4米,至顶上再加筑夯土墙体,残3.5~11.7米,居山临水,高低相差悬殊,势当南北通行的要塞,为兵家必争之地。现临白公路穿越城西,压住部分西墙。古城呈不规则梯形,内城、外城和城外防御设施三部分组成。城墙墙体夯法筑成,城下部用黄褐色土夯筑,分层为3~8厘米,较薄,外表风化较碎,上部用黄土近红色土夯筑,分层为4~19厘米,夯层分层明显实。其中,内城周长2 880米,东墙长170米,南墙长975米,西墙长915米,北墙长820米。 内城东南部外侧与外城墙之间亦由夯筑墙体相连。外城周长4 980米,东墙长630米,南墙长1 250米,西墙长1 800米,北墙长1 300米。城内主要有4条大自然沟及其多条小沟,东外墙内侧坡上人工凿出平行排列的浅沟,沟内两壁垂直夯筑,以修建圆形夯土建筑,有的沟内两端一段距离交错防御横墙,横墙后再建造圆形夯土建筑。现存圆形建筑基址较多,大小不等,高低不一,层叠交错,直通沟口、河岸边。城外防御设施,东、南、北三面城墙外侧,峭壁陡直,沟壑纵横,沟内除夯筑坚固高耸的墙体、房屋的方式与城内相同,城外沟内现存圆形建筑基址又以其相连的高山峻岭为天然屏障。在西墙中、南部有两处缺口,可能是当时的城门。外城南墙外侧为墓葬区,亦有积炭墓,内城东顶部发现墓葬,可能是战死的将士。据城内采集残刀币范、大量砖瓦、陶器碎片及铁器、镞、青铜器、铁斧、鼎的特征认定此城始建于战国初年,城墙经多次修补,证明战争频繁,直至秦汉时代,古城仍得维持。唐、明两朝亦有人居住,但应是古城废弃以后的住户。结合文献记载,古城可能是战国时期的蔺。
Lin is located in the Haota Village, Yaotou town. The Department of History, Shanxi University, had conducted a survey and found a Warring States city nearby. The inner city has a circumference of 2,880 meters, and the outer city has a circumference of 4,950 meters. Some of the high-ranking elite’s tombs have been discovered outside of the city. Inside the city, archaeologists collected knife-coin casting mold. Fu Shumin傅淑敏 proposed that the city is Lin County in the Warring States.
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Citation: 临县志,624-625;傅淑敏:《临县曜头古城址》,《中国考古学年鉴(1994),文物出版社,1997年,114