Oracle bones from Yinxu, Anyang, Henan, China. The piece on the left (<i>Heji</i> 37986) is from the Huáng 黃 diviner group from period V, which corresponds to the reigns of the last two kings of the Shang dynasty. It is inscribed with a complete table of the sexagenary cycle used to describe the dates of divinations.
Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.
2018-11-10 15:23:16
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