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# What standard of proof should count as an accepted reading of an oracle-bone graph?

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Accepted readings since 1914 rest on a chain of forms from bone through bronze and seal script to a known character, a phonological fit, and a meaning that works in every attested context⁠[[1]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDFYKS8DWF/yinxu-shuqi-kaoshi-explanations-of-the-yin-ruins)⁠[[2]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDFXKZ1AH3/chinese-writing-wenzixue-gaiyao-translated-by-gilbert-l). The Anyang museum's review has applied this standard to the three awards made since 2016, but its criteria are not published in a form that a proposal can be scored against⁠[[3]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGTMEFXG2/chinese-museum-offers-big-cash-reward-for-identifying-oracle)⁠[[4]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGV9Z1RMK/amazing-oracle-bone-scripts-how-hard-is-deciphering-oracle).

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