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Inscribed Plastron Colored with Cinnabar I 0867
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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.
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

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