Located at Zhaoping Village,13km to the east of the county seat of Lixian,and just opposite the
graveyard of the Duke of
Qin across a river,the tomb underwent the second rescue
excavation following a robbery in May of2000.The first rescue excavation took place in1998,also after its visit by robbers. The tombs(98LDM2and2000LDM4)lie in the west of the
graveyard at Yuandingshan.About20m from each other,both tombs have a vertical earthen shaft of a rectangular plan with rounded corners.The first tomb contains a coffin within a coffin chamber,seven human victims and one dog.The102pieces or groups of funerary objects unearthed include bronze,pottery,jade and stone.The second tomb was badly disturbed,and nothing can be known about tomb furniture and human victims.The uncovered funerary obˉjects are divided into two categories:bronze and jade.The first category includes tripod,gui-vessel,hu-base(square and round),pan-basin,fu-vessel,yi-water container and he-wine vessel.Many of them are beautifully decorated. Chronologically,the graveyard belongs to the middle and late Spring and Autumn period.The owners of the both tombs were male noblemen.Judging by its affinity with the graveyard of the Duke of Qin on the other side of the river,the cemetery was also an aristocratic one of the Qin State.