(39)今回ご紹介するのは・・・
(39) This time I would like to introduce...
奈良・明日香村の都塚古墳（別名金鳥塚）
he Ｍiyakozuka Tumulus (also known as the Golden Bird Mound) in Asuka Village, Nara
元旦に金鳥が鳴く伝説があり別名金鳥塚と呼ばれている
There is a legend that a goldfinch cries on New Year's Day, so it is also called the Goldfinch Mound.
この都塚古墳は、1967年に一度発掘調査されたが、その際行われなかった墳丘部分の調査が2014年夏に行われた。
The Miyako-zuka burial mound was once excavated in 1967, but a survey of the mound was conducted in the summer of 2014.
今回の写真は私が、この発掘現場を直接見たくて妻と訪れた時のもの！
This photo was taken when my wife and I visited this excavation site to see it first hand!
東西約41ｍ、南北42ｍの大型方墳
西側の高さ７ｍ以上でほかにあまり例のない段上の石積みが施され
4段以上のピラミッド型であることが分かった。
It was found to be a large square tomb measuring 41 meters east to west and 42 meters north to south, with a height of over 7 meters on the west side.
北側には幅１～1.5ｍ深さ0.4ｍの周壕も発見された
A shelter with a width of 1-1.5m and a depth of 0.4m was also discovered on the north side.
埋葬施設は両袖式の横穴式石室
Burial Facilities is Double-sleeved side-hall stone chamber.
全長12.2ｍ、玄室長5.3ｍ、幅2.8ｍ、高さ3.55ｍ
12.2m in length, 5.3m in length, 2.8m in width, 3.55m in height
二上山の凝灰岩を繰り抜いて造られた家型石棺
石棺規模は長さ2.23ｍ、幅1.46ｍ、最大高さは1.72ｍ
House-shaped sarcophagus carved out of tuff from Mount Futakami.
The size of the sarcophagus is 2.23m long, 1.46m wide, and the maximum height is 1.72m.
玄室内は暗渠排水溝が敷設
A culvert drainage ditch was laid in the basement
石舞台にほど近く、蘇我氏の本拠があったとされる地にあり、
築造がAC560～590年ごろ（6世紀後半）ということから、
蘇我氏の礎を築いたとされる蘇我稲目（AC570年没）の墓ではないかと推測され、
さらに500年代後半の方墳でピラミッド状の墳丘が
確認されたのは初めてということでも話題になった。
Since it is located near Ishibutai, where the Soga clan's stronghold is said to have been, and since it was built around 560-590 A.C. (late 6th century), it is assumed to be the tomb of Soga Iname (died 570 A.C.), who is said to have laid the foundation of the Soga clan. The fact that this is the first time that a pyramid-shaped mound has been confirmed in a burial mound from the late 500s has also attracted attention.
私が（１５）で紹介した長崎県対馬のAC610-640頃築造の「矢立山古墳」が、
当時の最新墓制の「積石方形段築墳」だったが、
もしかしたら都塚古墳型（ピラミッド型）が最新型のモデルに
なっていたのかもしれないと思った。
The Yatateyama burial mound built around 610-640 AC in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, which I introduced in (15), was the latest "stacked stone square tiered burial mound" of its time, but I thought that the Miyakozuka burial mound (pyramid-shaped) might have been the model for the latest type.
引用／現地発掘説明版・ウイキペディア
Citation: Local excavation description version, Wikipedia
翻訳／DeepL翻訳
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