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丙寅卜其 (禦)隹(唯)賈視馬于癸子叀(惠)一伐一牛一鬯 夢用 一二
庚寅卜叀(惠)子祝不用 一二
己亥卜于 (庭)爯(稱)琡(璋)用 二
乙巳歲且(祖)乙白彘一又(登)且(祖)乙衍(侃) 一
Divined on Bingyin: When making an exorcism rite, it being for the trader- inspected horses to Gui Child,102 it should be one human beheading, one head of cattle, (and) one bowl of aromatic ale that are announced by writ- ten record (as sacrificial offerings along with) the dream.103 Used. 12
Yes H3:450+458
Divined on Gengyin: It should be our lord who prays. Not used. 12
Divined on Jihai: In the courtyard, hold up104 large jade tablets105 (and) arc- ended jade tablets.106 Used. 2 102 癸子seems to be another way to refer to the juvenile spirit 子癸; see 214 for another occur- rence of 癸子. This inverted writing is similar to Zu Jia 祖甲 “Ancestor Jia” also being called Jia zu 甲祖 “Jia-day Ancestor”. 103 This divination account is proposing to make an exorcism/protection ritual over a certain set of the protagonist’s horses because of a dream that he had. Both the dream and future sacrificial offerings (as a pledge) are to be announced in writing to the juvenile spirit Guizi in the hope that no calamity would befall the horses or the dreamer. See the parallel divination at
On Yisi, sacrifice (to) Ancestor Yi one white wild boar (and) have (>add) a (cereal) raising; Ancestor Yi will be happy. 1
Yes Left side– Black Right side– Red Yes H3:1493 Yes Red H3:1495
Yes Yes H3:1257 Yes Yes H3:1258