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Inscribed Plastron Ping 0207
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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

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