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Oracle bone from the Couling-Chalfant collection. China, c. 1300 - 1050 BC. British Library Or.7694/1595

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anonymous: Chinese oracle bone  wikidata:Q122753866 reasonator:Q122753866
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Title
Chinese oracle bone Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Chinese oracle bone Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Chinese oracle bone Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type oracle bone Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Oracle bone from the Couling-Chalfant collection.

This shoulder bone bears an inscription about the coming ten-day period and records that there will be no bad luck. The character for ‘moon’ (yue 月 in modern Chinese) is visible at the top centre. This particular oracle bone is important for the study of the ancient Chinese calendar and astronomy as it carries a record of a lunar eclipse that can be precisely dated to the night of the 27 December 1192 BC

China, c. 1192 BC. British Library Or.7694/1595 verso
Language Old Chinese Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1192 BC
date QS:P,-1192-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 Edit this at Wikidata
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Accession number
Or.7694/1595 (British Library) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Shang dynasty Edit this at Wikidata
Inscriptions
  • 「已未庚申月㞢[食] Edit this at Wikidata」 [[In the night between] jiwei (day 56) and gengshen (day 57) the moon was eclipsed]
References
Source/Photographer https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/chinese-oracle-bone

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