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Chinese bronze inscriptions
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Chinese bronze inscriptions, also referred to as bronze script or bronzeware script, comprise Chinese writing made in several styles on ritual bronzes mainly during the Late Shang dynasty and Western
Rubbing of the inscription featured on the Song ding (c. 800 BC)
Rubbing of the inscription featured on the Song ding (c. 800 BC)
Left: Bronze fāng zūn ritual wine container, c. 1000 BC. The inscription commemorates a gift of cowrie shells to its owner. Right: Bronze fāng yí ritu
Left: Bronze fāng zūn ritual wine container, c. 1000 BC. The inscription commemorates a gift of cowrie shells to its owner. Right: Bronze fāng yí ritual container c. 1000 BC. An inscription of 180 characters appears twice on it, commenting on state rituals that accompany court ceremony, recorded by an official scribe.
Bronze biānzhōng bells from the early Warring States Tomb of Marquis Yĭ of Zēng
Bronze biānzhōng bells from the early Warring States Tomb of Marquis Yĭ of Zēng
Oracle bone script
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The oracle bone script is the oldest attested form of written Chinese, dating to the late 2nd millennium BC. Inscriptions were made by carving characters into oracle bones, usually either the shoulder
Chinese bronze inscriptions
…later engraved onto bronzes after casting. The bronze inscriptions are one of the earliest scripts in the Chinese family of scripts, preceded by the oracle bone script. For the early Western Zhou to early Warring States period, the bulk of writing which has been unearthed has been in the form of bronze inscriptions…
Shang Inscribed Ox Scapula
Shang Inscribed Ox Scapula
Fragments of divination on bull scapula
Fragments of divination on bull scapula
Table of the Chinese sexagenary cycle inscribed on an ox scapula, dating to the reigns of the last two kings of the Shang dynasty during the first hal
Table of the Chinese sexagenary cycle inscribed on an ox scapula, dating to the reigns of the last two kings of the Shang dynasty during the first half of the 11th century BC
An annotated oracle bone inscription (composite of Heji 29990 and 30174) recording a divination about rain.
An annotated oracle bone inscription (composite of Heji 29990 and 30174) recording a divination about rain.