Oracle bone

Description

Oracle bone of turtle plastron or ox scapula, with incised script recording divination: China, Henan Province, near Anyang, Yinxu, late Shang dynasty, c. 1250 - 1050 BC

Museum reference

A.1909.384.1529

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Oracle bone

Production information

Yinxu, Henan Province, China, East Asia

Date

c. 1250 BC - 1050 BC

Style / Culture

Yin Shang (Anyang Period), Shang Dynasty, Chinese

Materials

Turtle plastron, Ox bone

Collection place(s)

Yinxu, Henan Province, China, East Asia

Associations

Couling-Chalfant Collection

References

Qi Wenxin, Sarah Allan and Li Xueqin, Oracle Bone Collections in Great Britain (Chinese title: Yingguo suocang jiagu ji 英國所藏甲骨集), Zhonghua Shuju, Beijing, 1985 (Part I, 2 volumes) and 1991 (Part II, 2 volumes)