Resource Identifier:
R026611

Resource Type:
Material: Turtle bone

Description:
The ink remains of Shang. One of the engraved graphs is missing. Inferring from the most commonly seen topic in divination, the missing part could be the graph for “rain”. The divination should be about whether or not “it will rain this evening”.

Date:
Late shang dynasty

Format:
Length 3.3cm, width 2.2cm

Coverage:
YH127,Hsiao-t'un, Anyang, Honan, China

Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

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