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乙卯歲且(祖)乙 (殺豕)叀(惠)子祝用 二
乙卯卜其 (禦)大于癸子 豭一又鬯用又(有)疾 一二三
On Yimao, when sacrificing (to) Ancestor Yi some pigs that have been killed,172 it should be our lord who prays. Used. 2
Divined on Yimao: If making an exorcism rite (for) Da173 to Gui child, an- nounce by written record (the sacrificial offerings of) one boar and aro- matic ale. Used. Has sickness.174 123 170 畀 is written upside down. 171 Zhong 中 likely refers to the person elsewhere called Zhong Zhou 中周 (102), although conveivably it might also refer more broadly to the Zhong lineage. This divination account implies that Zhong Zhou became a member of the group called Zi chen 子臣 “our lord’s servi- tors”. During Wu Ding’s late period, and concurrent with the date of the HYZ OBI, members of the Zhong lineage served the royal family as diviner, Lesser Servitor (xiao chen 小臣) and hunt- ing guide (quan 犬, literally “dog”); see Jao Tsung-I 1959: 783-786 and HYZ 28. 172 For ) as a variant of sha (殺) “kill”, see Chen Jian 2012, cited in GuLin bubian 459- 464; see too 16.1 and commentary. HJ 28398 writes it with reduplicated pigs ; see the com- ments of Zhu Qixiang (2008: 291). In this instance, is the direct object of sui 歲 “sacrifice”. The same word is written at 226.7 with water buffalo substituting pig/reptile. 173 Li Xueqin (2008: 186) locates Da in the vicinity of Qinyang, Henan 河南沁陽. Da was one of Zu Jia’s diviners (period IIb OBI); see Jao Tsung-I 1959: 811-841. 174 Yimao is day 52/60. This divination has a parallel on 478, and is related to 299.5: 戊辰卜: 大[有]病, 亡延 “Divined on Wuchen (day 5/60): Da [has] sickness. It will not prolong.” 142 | HYZ 78-HYZ 79