Inscribed Plastron Ping 0207
The divination on this piece of oracle bone concerns ritual offerings to the ancestors for unusual meteorological phenomena. The characters 酒 chiu, 伐 fa, 卯 mao refer to actions in rituals. 鳥星 niao-hsing most likely indicates (the sky) “will be clear soon.”
- Item No.
- R044358
- Period
- Late Shang Period
- Dimensions
- 17.5(L)×13.4(W) cm
- Excavated/Findspot
- Pit YH127, Hsiao-t'un, Anyang County, Honan Province
- Materials
- Turtle Plastron
