Inscribed Deer Skull Chia 3940
National Treasure
These deer skull inscriptions date back to the time of Kings Ti I or Ti Hsin. They recorded the game captured by the King at "蒿 Hao" on his return trip from a military expedition, and how the game was offered as sacrifice for the ancestor Wen-Wu-ting（Wu I and Wen Ting）. This item together with Chia 3941 are the only two inscribed deer skulls so far unearthed.
These deer skull inscriptions date back to the time of Kings Ti I or Ti Hsin. They recorded the game captured by the King at "蒿 Hao" on his return trip from a military expedition, and how the game was offered as sacrifice for the ancestor Wen-Wu-ting（Wu I and Wen Ting）. This item together with Chia 3941 are the only two inscribed deer skulls so far unearthed.
- Item No.
- R041038
- Period
- Late Shang Period
- Dimensions
- 22.7(L)×20.2(W) cm
- Excavated/Findspot
- Pit E10, Hsiao-t'un, Anyang County, Honan Province
- Materials
- Deer Skull
- Notes
- 3D Gallery of IHP──Inscribed Deer Skull
(Only its photo is displayed in the The King’s Menagerie: Animals in Oracle Bone Inscriptions exhibition venue)
