Inscribed Plastron Colored with Cinnabar I 0867
Significant Antiquity
The text says that on the day of ping-tsui, the diviner, Wei, asked the questions in a positive-and-negative pair: "a bountiful year" or "a poor year," to prophesy whether there would be a good harvest this year. Cinnabar was brushed upon the scripts to enhance their visual effects.
The text says that on the day of ping-tsui, the diviner, Wei, asked the questions in a positive-and-negative pair: "a bountiful year" or "a poor year," to prophesy whether there would be a good harvest this year. Cinnabar was brushed upon the scripts to enhance their visual effects.
- Item No.
- R044852
- Period
- Late Shang Period
- Dimensions
- 20.3(L)×11.7(W) cm
- Excavated/Findspot
- Pit YH127, Hsiao-t'un, Anyang County, Honan Province
- Materials
- Turtle Plastron
- Notes
- 3D Gallery of IHP──An Inscribed Oracle Bone
