Manuscripts Database

Manuscript

Id

5  

Site Id

4  

Sequence

1  

Contents

divination and sacrifice record (shizhan/bushi jidao), 3 types: divination concerning illness (of the tomb owner), personal prayers of the tomb owner, record of prayers; inventory of funerary items (qiance)  

Material

Bamboo Strips 竹 簡/札 

Material

bamboo  

Script

Chu script 楚文字 

Script

Chu script  

Size

L W 0.6-1.2, T  

Size

W 0.6-1.2  

Pieces

1500  

Graphs

 

Tag

 

Remarks

All strips appear to have been broken, thus the original length being unknown. The first type of divination accounts for the majority of strips. The second type of prayers is written on wider strips with larger graphs. The third type is written on short strips. There are only 10 inventory strips.  

Attachments

 

Checked

no 

Edited by

editor at 2015-04-10 12:55:13