No. 9
硃書龜背甲 (《丙編》65, 66, R041291)
Tortoise shell with vermillion text (Part3(《丙編》) 65, 66, R041291)
出土時間：1936年小屯第13次發掘
Excavation date: 1936, 13th Xiaotun excavation
出土地點：河南省安陽縣小屯
Place of excavation: Xiaotun, Anyang County, Henan Province
實物長35.3公分，寬14.9公分
Object dimensions: length 35.3 cm, width 14.9 cm
拓片長 35.36公分，寬15.11公分
Rubbing dimensions: length 35.36 cm, width 15.11 cm
中央研究院歷史語言研究所1936年第13次發掘所得，屬第一期武丁時期的甲骨。一般卜用的龜背甲，都是從中央剖成兩半再使用的，本版是大龜背甲的右半邊。占卜內容一與天候有關，主宰者為上帝；另一是殷王前往目的地的抉擇。龜背甲的反面有許多毛筆書寫而尚未契刻的硃書字跡，其餘都是先書後刻，刻過之後還看得見硃書的痕跡，刻畫中間則填上墨色。
Obtained in the Institute of History and Philology's 13th excavation, it is an oracle bone belonging to the first period of the age of Wu Ding. Most tortoise shells used for divination were cut from the middle into two halves and then used. This piece is the right half of a large tortoise shell. The divination's contents on one hand have to do with the weather, controlled by Shang Di, the High God; on the other hand, they concern the king of Yin's decisions about which destinations he should leave for.
The back of the tortoise shell has traces of several vermillion characters written with a brush yet left uninscribed. Besides these, the rest were all first brushed and then carved; after being carved, one can still see the remaining traces of the vermillion writing, while the carved space was filled with inky pigment.
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