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庚午卜才(在) (禦)子齒于匕(妣)庚[ ]牢勿(物)牝白豕用 一二
庚午卜才(在) 子其又(有)齒于匕(妣)庚 牢勿(物)牝白豕至 一用 一二
Divined on Gengwu, at Fu: Make an exorcism (for) our lord’s tooth to An- cestress Geng, (and) [announce by written record] (sacrifice of) pen-raised cattle, variegated cows, and white pigs. Used. 12 and to not create a disturbance could correspond to the offering of aromatic ale. If this reading is pursued, the prayer would be parsed and translated, 子祝曰毓且(祖)，非曰云兕正。且(祖)， 隹(唯)曰彔侐不有擾 “Our lord will pray saying, Near Ancestor! It is not to be said, (sacrificing) a buffalo from Yun is correct. Ancestor (Jia)! It is to be said, in the evening be calm! There is to be no drunkenness!” Zhu Qixiang (2006: 987) first proposed these correspondences between Ancestor Yi/Near Ancestor, Yun Buffalo/black bull, and aromatic ale 鬯/ (he says this graph wrote a word that meant a type of aromatic liquor); regrettably I neglected to cite his work earlier. 280 “Two Ancestors” refers to Ancestor Jia and Ancestor Yi; see 7.2 and 411. 190 | HYZ 165
Divined on Gengwu, at Fu: If our lord makes offerings (for) the tooth to An- cestress Geng, announce by written record (sacrifice of) pen-raised cattle, variegated cows, and white pigs down to one sow. Used. 12