1. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 17, 2008) Ceremonial object added as secondary classification.
2. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, April 20, 2010) Object Name changed from "Handle" to "Ceremonial object." Title changed from "Handle" to "Ancestor tablet."
3. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, August 9, 2017) Period one changed from "Shang dynasty" to "Late Shang dynasty"; period two added "Anyang period"; date changed from "ca. 1100-1000 BCE" to "ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE"; geography changed from "China" to "China, probably Henan province, Anyang"; object name changed from "Ceremonial object" to "Tablet"; and medium changed from "Jade" to "Jade (nephrite).
4. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, December 12, 2018) Added Chinese translation by Jingmin Zhang; added the following description, "Handle, carved with ridges and petals; dull opaque white with tan veins. (Flawed vein; some calcification; corner roughened, worn.)"
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