1999年元月,湖南省常德市文物事业管理处在发掘德山经济开发区河家坪村寨子岭墓葬时,在墓椁的西边箱内出土了两件嵌金铭文铜距末。两件距末的大小相同,均通高4.4厘米(图一)。外呈不规范的八棱形,柱状,中空,顶部开口,口径1.8厘米。近口缘外侧有一系物的穿孔,一侧有一浅一深两个较大的锲口,每件距末有嵌金铭文五行8字(图 In January 1999, Changde Cultural Relics Management Office unearthed two pieces of gold-bearing inscriptions at the west side of the tomb in the excavation of the Zhaziling Tombs in Hejiaping Village, Deshan Economic Development Zone. Two pieces of the same size from the end, all through the high 4.4 cm (Figure 1). Outside the non-standard octagonal shape, cylindrical, hollow, the top opening, caliber 1.8 cm. Near the edge of a series of objects outside the perforation, there is a shallow depth on one side of the two large wedge mouth, each from the end of the gold-bearing inscriptions five elements 8 characters