Oracle bone from the Couling-Chalfant collection

Chinese Oracle Bone Fragment - Public domain museum image. A black and white photo of a rock

Chinese Oracle bone fragment - Public domain museum image. A piece of stone with writing on it

Chinese Oracle bone fragment - Public domain museum image. A piece of paper with a red writing on it

Chinese Oracle bone fragment - Public domain museum image. A piece of paper that is sitting on a table

Chinese Oracle bone fragment - Public domain museum image. A piece of rock with writing on it

Chinese Oracle bone fragment - Public domain museum image. A piece of bone on a white surface

Oracle bone from the Couling-Chalfant collection

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Oracle bone from the Couling-Chalfant collection.
This shoulder bone bears an inscription about the coming ten-day period and records that there will be no bad luck. The character for ‘moon’ (yue 月 in modern Chinese) is visible at the top centre. This particular oracle bone is important for the study of the ancient Chinese calendar and astronomy as it carries a record of a lunar eclipse that can be precisely dated to the night of the 27 December 1192 BC

China, c. 1192 BC. British Library Or.7694/1595 verso

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