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English: Oracle bone with Old Chinese inscription, attributed to the Lì (歷) diviner group 2 in oracle bone period II (kings Zu Geng and Zu Jia).
Deutsch: Orakelknochen mit den ältesten chinesischen Schriftzeichen
Español: Omóplato que porta las inscripciones divinas. China - dinastía Shang.
Français : Omoplate portant des inscriptions divinatoires – Chine, dynastie Shang
Date early 12th century BC
Medium Ox scapula with incised writing
Dimensions length: 32 cm (12.5 in); width: 21 cm (8.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2043,32U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,21U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1051293
Current location
Calligraphy collection
Inscriptions

bottom left: 丁卯貞臿以羌其用自上甲㲹至于父丁 [dīngmǎo (day 4) divining: (as for) the Qiang (tribesmen) Chā brought, (we) should use (them) from Shang Jia (first pre-dynastic ancestor), blood-smearing sacrifice down to Father Ding (king Wu Ding).] left: 丁卯貞臿以羌于父丁 [dīngmǎo (day 4) divining: (as for) the Qiang Chā brought, to Father Ding] left: 辛未貞于河𠦪禾 [xīnwèi (day 8) divining: to Hé (the River Power) pray for the harvest.] left: 辛未貞𠦪禾高且河于辛巳(⿰酉彡)尞 [xīnwèi (day 8) divining: pray for the harvest (to) High Ancestor Hé. On xīnsì (day 18) make the yǒu-cutting sacrifice and make a burnt offering.] center: 辛未貞𠦪禾于河尞三牢沉三牛宜牢 [xīnwèi (day 8) divining: pray for the harvest to Hé, making a burnt offering of three penned oxen, submerging three oxen, and put the penned oxen on the sacrificial table.] right: 辛未貞𠦪禾于高且尞五十牛 [xīnwèi (day 8) divining: pray for the harvest to High Ancestor, making a burnt offering of fifty oxen.] center left: 辛未貞其𠦪禾于高且 [xīnwèi (day 8) divining: should pray for the harvest to High Ancestor.] center left: 辛未貞𠦪禾于岳 [xīnwèi (day 8) divining: pray for the harvest to Yuè (the Mountain Power).] top left:

乙亥貞其𧖧𪛁于(⿰兮旬) [yǐhài (day 12) divining: should conduct the pacifying ritual on the locust (plague) at X.]
References
  • Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Dao He (praying for a bumper harvest). Shanghai Museum.
  • Keightley, David N. (2000) The Ancestral Landscape: Time, Space, and Community in Late Shang China (ca. 1200–1045 B.C.), Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, pp. 105, 142, 151 ISBN: 978-1-55729-070-0.
  • Takashima, Ken'ichi (2015) A Little Primer of Chinese Oracle-bone Inscriptions with Some Exercises, Harrassowitz, pp. 80–83 ISBN: 978-3-447-19355-9.
  • Chen, Kuang Yu; Zhenhao Song; Yuan Liu; Matthew Anderson (2020) Reading of Shāng Inscriptions, Springer, Shanghai People's Publishing House, pp. 369–371 ISBN: 978-981-15-6213-6.
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User Herr Klugbeisser on de.wikipedia

Geschossen von im Shanghai-Museum, Januar 2004

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Heji 32028, Zhixu 2, Shiduo 1.550, Ninghu 1.119

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