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Oracle bone from the Couling-Chalfant collection
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 ... More
Oracle bone - BL Or. 1595 recto
Chinese oracle bone
Chinese oracle bone (16th-10th C BC) - BL Or. 7694
Chinese oracle bone Diviners of the Shang dynasty (16th-10th centuries B.C.) produced oracles by reading cracks on ox bones. Such bones bear the earliest writing known in China. The pit marks were produced by ... More
Oracle bone - BL Or. 1595 verso
Chinese oracle bone, with an inscription recording a lunar eclipse. Modern scholars identify this as the lunar eclipse that occurred on the evening of 27 December 1192 BC.