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Wangshan Divination and Sacrifice Records Slip, Unearthed from Wangshan Chu Tomb

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Wangshan Divination and Sacrifice Records Slip, Unearthed from Wangshan Chu Tomb

Warring States period (475–221 BC)

All are fragmentary; the longest surviving piece is 52.1 cm

Unearthed in 1965 from Wangshan Tomb M1, Jiangling

Collection of Hubei Provincial Museum

These bamboo slips contain the divination and sacrificial records of the tomb owner, Zhao Gu. They represent the earliest known discovery of divination and sacrificial bamboo slips in China.