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View full screenOracle 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
A.1909.384.310
Yinxu, Henan Province, China, East Asia
c. 1250 BC - 1050 BC
Yin Shang (Anyang Period), Shang Dynasty, Chinese
Yinxu, Henan Province, China, East Asia
Couling-Chalfant Collection
Exploring East Asia (08 Feb 2019)
National Museum of Scotland
King Wu Ding and Lady Hao: Art and Culture of the Late Shang Dynasty (20 Oct 2012 - 19 Feb 2013)
National Palace Museum
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)
Cao, Qin. Weapons in Late Shang (c.1250-1050 BCE) China: Beyond Typology and Ritual. Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2023, figure 6.39, page194.
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