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己巳卜 庚歲匕(妣)庚黑牡又羊暮 (殺)用 一二三四五
庚午歲匕(妣)庚黑牡又羊子祝 一二三四五六
戊寅卜自帶其見(獻)于(王婦)好用 二
庚辰歲匕(妣)庚 一 一二
一二三 123
壬午夕歲犬一匕(妣)庚 一二三
壬午夕歲犬一匕(妣)庚 四
丙戌卜子其 (往)于 若用子不 (宿)雨 一
Divined on Jisi: On the following day Geng, sacrifice (to) Ancestress Geng some black bulls in addition to some sheep (and) make the killings at dusk. Used. 12345
On Gengwu, sacrifice (to) Ancestress Geng some black bulls in addition to some sheep (and) our lord will pray. 123456
Divined on Wuyin: (As for) belts from Liu*, (our lord) should present some to His Majesty’s Lady Hao. Used.560 2
On Gengchen, sacrifice (to) Ancestress Geng one sow. 12
On the evening of Renwu, sacrifice one dog (to) Ancestress Geng. 123 outside of the HYZ OBI, for instance Tunnan 60: 于祖丁旦(壇)尋‖于庭壇尋‖于大學尋 “Re- peat at Ancestor Ding’s mound; repeat at the mound in the courtyard; repeat at the Great School”, and HJ 16406: 作學于入 “Erect a school in Ru.” The phrase ru xue 入學 also occurs in the “Xia xiaozheng” 夏小正chapter of the Da Dai Liji 大戴禮記： (二月)丁亥，万用入學。丁亥 者，吉日也。万也者，干戚舞也；入學也者，大學也 “On Dinghai [day] of second month, the wan-dancers herewith enter the school. Dinghai is an auspicious day. Wan-dancers are those who dance with shield and axe. Entering the school refers to the school of great learning”. 560 “Belts from Liu” is almost certainly related to the protagonist’s visit there (450). These two plastrons were buried next to one another in Pit H3 and the dates recorded on them match: 450 ends on Dingmao [4/60] while 451 begins on Jisi [6/60], three days later. The divination ac- counts are written in the same handwriting style. 362 | HYZ 453
On the evening of Renwu, sacrifice one dog (to) Ancestress Geng. 4
Divined on Bingxu: If our lord goes to Fu*, (it) will be favorable. Used. Our lord did not stay the night. It rained. 1