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Object type Tortoise plastron
Description
English: Tortoise plastron with divination inscription from the Shang dynasty, dating from the reign of King Wu Ding. The piece has complementary charges down the left and right sides. Cracks caused by applying a heat source to the reverse are numbered 1–6 on the left and 1–7 on the right. The outcome of the interpretation of these cracks is recorded at bottom right.
Date circa 1200 BC
date QS:P571,-1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Dimensions height: 18.6 cm (7.3 in); width: 10.2 cm (4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,18.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,10.2U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1074318
Place of creation Anyang, Henan Province, China
Inscriptions
  • left:

戊午卜古貞般其有 [wùwǔ (day 55) Gu divined: Ban will have misfortune]

  • right:

戊午卜古貞般亡禍 [wùwǔ (day 55) Gu divined: Ban will have no misfortune]

  • bottom right:
吉 [auspicious]
References
  • "王为般卜"龟甲刻辞 (in Chinese). National Museum of China. Retrieved on 3 January 2016.
  • Djamouri, Redouane (1999). "Écriture et divination sous les Shang". Extrême-Orient, Extrême-Occident 21: 11–35. DOI:10.3406/oroc.1999.1098. pp. 15, 30, 32, 34.
  • Raphals, Lisa (2103) Divination and Prediction in Early China and Ancient Greece, Cambridge University Press, p. 330, Figure 9.1 ISBN: 978-1-107-01075-8.
Source/Photographer BabelStone
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Tortoise plastron with divination inscription from the Shang dynasty, dating from the reign of King Wu Ding.

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current00:21, 11 August 2016Thumbnail for version as of 00:21, 11 August 20161,186 × 1,954 (399 KB)KanguoleReverted to version as of 20:14, 22 August 2011 (UTC) too blue
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