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The Oracle Bone Inscriptions from Huayuanzhuang East

The Huayuanzhuang East oracle bone inscriptions form a corpus of more than 2500 individual divination accounts, which were engraved on turtle shells and bovine scapulae in the late Shang dynasty (c. 1200 B.C.). The book offers the first complete English annotation of these fascinating epigraphic tex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schwartz, Adam C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020
Series:Library of Sinology
Subjects:
Oracle Bone Inscriptions Paleography Early China
Thema Editeur::c Language And Linguistics::cf Linguistics::cfp Translation And Interpretation
Thema Editeur::g Reference, Information And Interdisciplinary Subjects::gt Interdisciplinary Studies::gtm Regional / International Studies
Thema Editeur::1 Place Qualifiers::1q Other Geographical Groupings: Oceans And Seas, Historical, Political Etc::1qb Historical States, Empires, Territories And Regions::1qba Ancient World
Thema Editeur::c Language And Linguistics::cf Linguistics::cfl Palaeography
Thema Editeur::n History And Archaeology::nh History::nhm Australasian And Pacific History
Thema Editeur::n History And Archaeology::nk Archaeology::nkd Archaeology By Period / Region
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Summary:The Huayuanzhuang East oracle bone inscriptions form a corpus of more than 2500 individual divination accounts, which were engraved on turtle shells and bovine scapulae in the late Shang dynasty (c. 1200 B.C.). The book offers the first complete English annotation of these fascinating epigraphic texts and introduces the reader to key aspects of daily life in early Chinese civilization.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), by-nc-nd/4.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (477 p.)
ISBN:9781501505331
9781501505331;9781501514487

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