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Wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis, ca. 3500-3200 BC

Oracle bone, late Shang dynasty (ca. 1200-1050 BC)

Stele of Ushumgal and Shara-igizi-Abzu, probably from Umma (modern Jokha), 2900-2700 BC

Akrotiri Fresco, Thera, ca. 1600 BC

Oracle bone, China, Shang dynasty (ca. 1200-1050 BC)

Tablet (P006040), Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), ca. 3200-3000 BC

References:

https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/quibell1902bd2/0100/image,info
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2120051211338259&set=pcb.2120053074671406
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/329079
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Zde/Frescoes_from_Akrotiri
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_OA-172
https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/6040

January 14, 2025 Takahiko Nakagawa