Inscribed Animal Bone Chia 2422
These practice inscriptions include several animal paintings of a horse, a tiger, and a pregnant elephant.
- Item No.
- R034576
- Period
- Late Shang Period
- Dimensions
- 19.5(L)×8.6(W) cm
- Excavated/Findspot
- Pit 3:H01, Hsiao-t'un, Anyang County, Honan Province
- Materials
- Animal Bone
- Notes
- (Only its rubbing image is displayed in the The King’s Menagerie: Animals in Oracle Bone Inscriptions exhibition venue)
These are inscriptions in practice of writing and drawing. There is a calf in the abdomen of the elephant, together with images of animals such as a tiger.
