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Summary
Object type | Ox scapula | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English:
Oracle bone recording divinations by Zhēng 爭, one of the Bīn 賓 group of diviners from period I, corresponding to the reign of King Wu Ding (late Shang dynasty).
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Date |
circa 1200
BC
date QS:P571,-1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Dimensions |
height: 30.8 cm (12.1 in); width: 19 cm (7.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,30.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,19U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1074318
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Place of creation | Anyang, Henan Province, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions |
☐☐卜,☐,貞[旬]亡𡆥。 [... divined: in the next ten days there will be no disasters.]
癸卯卜,爭,貞旬亡𡆥。甲辰☐大掫風,之曰皿,乙巳[疛]𰙫(⿱止幸)☐五人。五月在[𦎧]。 [ guǐmǎo (day 40) Zheng divined: in the next ten days there will be no disasters. jiǎchén (day 41) ... strong gale, evening cleaved to yǐsì (day 42), captured ... five people. Fifth month, in Dun.]
癸丑卜,爭,貞旬亡𡆥。王𰉏(⿴囗占)曰:有祟,有夢。甲寅,允有來艱。左告曰:有往芻自𰤹(⿱汄皿),十人又二。 [ guǐchǒu (day 50) Zheng divined: in the next ten days there will be no disasters. ...]
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Source/Photographer | BabelStone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions |
Shang Inscribed Ox Scapula (9830594625).jpg Shang Oracle Bone (Museum Photo) (30929833037).jpg |
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Heji 137r |
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