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Inscribed Oracle Bone

Unknown Artist

Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Shang Dynasty (1500-1045 B.C.E.)
Bone
10.8 x 6.3 x 2.7 cm
35-115/4
Image and text © The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2018

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