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Summary

Object type Ox scapula
Description
English: Oracle bone from the Bīn 賓 group of diviners from period I, corresponding to the reign of King Wu Ding (late Shang dynasty).
Depicted part recto
Date circa 1200 BC
date QS:P571,-1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Dimensions height: 22 cm (8.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,22U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1074318
Current location
China through the Ages, Exhibit 2
Place of creation Anyang, Henan Province, China
References
  • Chen, Kuang Yu; Zhenhao Song; Yuan Liu; Matthew Anderson (2020) Reading of Shāng Inscriptions, Springer, Shanghai People's Publishing House, pp. 227–230 ISBN: 978-981-15-6213-6.
  • Keightley, David N. (1978) Sources of Shang History: The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions of Bronze Age China, Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 44 ISBN: 0-520-02969-0.
  • Keightley, David N. (1999) "The Shang: China's first historical dynasty" in The Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 232–291 ISBN: 978-0-521-47030-8. Figure 4.4, p. 242.
Source/Photographer Gary Lee Todd 2011-09-01 12:34:54 https://www.flickr.com/photos/101561334@N08/9830601816/
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Object reference
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Heji 6057, Jinghua 2
Camera location39° 54′ 13.26″ N, 116° 23′ 41.76″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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