“Jiu” means “to hire” or “to lease” and “jiuqian” thus refers to “wages” or “lease payments. Michael Loewe collated these slips as a volume primarily based on hand writing and formatting.” The amounts reveal that the payments to each vehicle were similar, and based on the text from slip no. 506.11, which reads “you ba liang” (lit. “eight vehicles to the right”), it can be inferred that this incomplete text is missing the records of payments to 2.5 other vehicles.
Nos. 506.26, 506.27, 502.8, 505.15, 506.11
- Period
- 9 B.C.
- Excavated/Findspot
- A35 Taralingin-durbeljin
- Materials
- Wood
