戈(殘損)
晚商安陽時期(公元前1300-1050年)
中國,疑似河南安陽市
軟玉
高3.7、寬13.8、厚0.2釐米
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器物編號:S2012.9.259
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) A number of jade ge 戈 showing diagonal cuts of the tang corners were published in Zhongguo shehui kexueyuan kaogu yanjiusuo 中國社會科學院考古研究所, Yinxu Fu Hao mu 殷墟婦好墓 (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1980), pls. 110: 1 (483), 113: 1 (1047).
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"; geography changed from "China" to "China, probably Henan province, Anyang"; medium changed from "Jade" to "Jade (nephrite)"; and dimensions changed from "H x W x D (overall): 13.8 x 3.7 x 0.2 cm (5 7/16 x 1 7/16 x 1/16 in)" to "H x W x D (overall): 3.7 x 13.8 x 0.2 cm (1 7/16 x 5 7/16 x 1/16 in)".
4. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, February 5, 2019) Added Chinese translation by Jingmin Zhang; added unpublished research by Louisa Fitzgerald Huber; and title changed from "Dagger axe (ge 戈), fragment" to "Dagger-axe (ge 戈), fragment."
Draft catalogue entry (no. 90) for S2012.9.259 for the catalogue of the Singer collection (1970--90); by Louisa Fitzgerald Huber
Dagger-axe
Shang 商 dynasty, 14th--12th century BCE
Jade
Length 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in)
The curved, asymmetrical blade is beveled along the upper and lower edges and sharpened to a point. A diagonal cut shapes the upper corner of the tang. Along the median ridge at the base of the tang is a small biconical perforation. The stone, which has become opaque and white, shows stains of a reddish pigment and traces of soil.
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