Deer skull fragment with inscription about the time and place of a king’s hunting activities. China, Shang dynasty, around 1200 BC [1700×1700] by MunakataSennin
MunakataSennin on March 20, 2026 3:08 am [Museum](https://ihp.openmuseum.tw/muse/digi_object/dc0985fa37a0cda574d710dcd57065e2)
DeusShockSkyrim on March 20, 2026 3:21 am The characters read: >已亥王田于羌 才九月隹王 Translation: >…(day of) Jihai, the king hunted at Qiang… …in the 9th month, the king… Fun fact: [Academia Sinica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academia_Sinica) picked the characters “己亥王九月隹王” to use in [their logo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Academia_Sinica_logo.svg), read the story [here](https://storystudio.tw/article/gushi/%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6%E9%99%A2%E7%9A%84%E9%99%A2%E5%BE%BD%E4%B9%8B%E8%AC%8E).
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[Museum](https://ihp.openmuseum.tw/muse/digi_object/dc0985fa37a0cda574d710dcd57065e2)
Oracle bone script – the earliest known form of Chinese writing
The characters read:
>已亥王田于羌
才九月隹王
Translation:
>…(day of) Jihai, the king hunted at Qiang…
…in the 9th month, the king…
Fun fact: [Academia Sinica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academia_Sinica) picked the characters “己亥王九月隹王” to use in [their logo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Academia_Sinica_logo.svg), read the story [here](https://storystudio.tw/article/gushi/%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6%E9%99%A2%E7%9A%84%E9%99%A2%E5%BE%BD%E4%B9%8B%E8%AC%8E).