# Pit YH127 archive, Xiaotun North (Academia Sinica)

> A single storage pit excavated in 1936 holding over 17,000 inscribed pieces, mostly turtle plastrons of King Wu Ding's reign, lifted as one block and…

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# Pit YH127 archive, Xiaotun North (Academia Sinica)

ArchiveAcademia Sinica terms of use; free with registrationReign of Wu Ding, c. 1250 to 1200 BC; excavated 1936

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://dap.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/en/database/3/).

A single storage pit excavated in 1936 holding over 17,000 inscribed pieces, mostly turtle plastrons of King Wu Ding's reign, lifted as one block and taken to Nanjing before the war and later to Taiwan. It is the largest closed find, published in Yinxu wenzi yi bian, and the core of the Academia Sinica rubbings database.

Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, 1250. Academia Sinica terms of use; free with registration

## Copies 1

**Academia sinica oracle bones rubbings database** Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica · dap.ihp.sinica.edu.tw · 2004/2009 · Academia Sinica terms of use; free with registrationPrimary source: [Oracle Bones Rubbings database, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDH9CH9E84/oracle-bones-rubbings-database-institute-of-history-and)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://dap.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/en/database/3/)

## Sources 3

- [Oracle Bones Rubbings database, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDH9CH9E84/oracle-bones-rubbings-database-institute-of-history-and)_SRC_
- [Oracle bone (Wikipedia article, used as a pointer to collection counts and excavation history)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHPK7J06Z/oracle-bone-wikipedia-article-used-as-a-pointer-to)_SRC_
- [Sources of Shang History: The Oracle-Bone Inscriptions of Bronze Age China](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDFXAMZWYF/sources-of-shang-history-the-oracle-bone-inscriptions-of)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Pit YH127 archive, Xiaotun North (Academia Sinica) [Artifact ART0DEDNMYN2V62]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDNMYN2V62
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**ART** 0DEDNMYN2V62

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Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taipei

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Reign of Wu Ding, c. 1250 to 1200 BC; excavated 1936

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