1. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 8, 2008) Ceremonial object added as secondary classification.
2. (Daisy Yiyou Wang 王依悠, June 9, 2012) This ge 戈 has a relatively broad blade. For a discussion of the textile impressions on Shang 商 jade ge 戈, see Zhao Feng, Treasures in Silk (Hong Kong: ISAT Costume Squad, 1999), p. 44, cat. no. 01: 01; and Chen Juanjuan 陳娟娟, "Liangjian you sizhipin huawen yinhen de Shangdai wenwu 兩件有絲織品花紋印痕的商代文物," Wenwu 文物 1979.12, pp. 70--71.
3. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, August 17, 2017) Title changed from "Pendant in the form of a dagger-axe (ge)" to "Dagger-axe (ge 戈), fragment reworked"; period changed from "early Anyang period" to "Anyang period"; date changed from "ca. 1300-1250 BCE" to "ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE"; changed object name from "pendant" to "axe"; and dimensions changed from "H x W x D (overall): 7 x 2.7 x 0.3 cm (2 3/4 x 1 1/16 x 1/8 in)" to "H x W x D (overall): 2.7 x 7 x 0.3 cm (1 1/16 x 2 3/4 x 1/8 in)".
4. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, February 13, 2019) Title changed from "Dagger-axe (ge 戈), fragment reworked" to "Dagger-axe (ge 戈), fragment reworked"; added Chinese translation by Jingmin Zhang; and added unpublished research by Louisa Fitzgerald Huber.
5. (YinYing Chen per Keith Wilson, February 13, 2023) Change date from "ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE" to "ca. 1250-1050 BCE." Change date from "公元前1300-1050年" to "公元前1250-1050年" in the translation field. Change geography from "China, Henan province, probably Anyang" to "China, probably Henan province, Anyang."
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