Oracle bone
Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium
Inscribed bone
Geography
China
Date
circa 1400 - 1050 BC
Period
Shang dynasty
Dimensions
5 × 1.3 cm
Object number
960.237.352
Credit Line
The Dr. James M. Menzies Collection
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: China
Description
Mid-late period of the fourth issue. The second small slaughterhouse. A small butcher's house with a cow. The length of the chisel is 1.5 cm. One is short and fat, and the other is short and fat with bent shoulders, which is a later phenomenon. “Is it appropriate to burn two young butchers and kill two cows for sacrifice?
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