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English: Bone inscription from the Shang Dynasty, dating to the 6th year of the reign of one of the last two Shang kings (Diyi and Dixin).
Date 1096 or 1070 BC
Medium Rib of a rhinoceros with carved inscription
Dimensions length: 27.3 cm (10.7 in); width: 3.8 cm (1.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2043,27.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,3.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1074318
Place of discovery Anyang, Henan, China
Inscriptions
  • right:

壬午王田于麥麓獲商戠兕王錫 [On renwu, the king hunted at the foot of Mount Mai, captured a brown rhinoceros of Shang. The king rewarded]

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宰丰寢小[黃旨]兄在五月隹王六祀 [Zai Feng, a palace officer, with a small bronze vessel (?). This was in the 5th month of the 6th year of the king, on the day of the yong rite.]
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Source/Photographer photographed by BabelStone on 2 August 2011
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Yicun 518, Hebu 11299r

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