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Shang Ox Scapula Oracle Bones 1

Shang Ox Scapula Oracle Bones 1

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Oracle bones from Yinxu, Anyang, Henan, China. The piece on the left (Heji 37986) is from the Huáng 黃 diviner group from period V, which corresponds to the reigns of the last two kings of the Shang dynasty. It is inscribed with a complete table of the sexagenary cycle used to describe the dates of divinations.
Takashima, Ken'ichi (2015) A Little Primer of Chinese Oracle-bone Inscriptions with Some Exercises, Harrassowitz, pp. 2–4 ISBN: 978-3-447-19355-9.

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10/11/2018
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