一百二十年来甲骨文材料的初步统计

Preliminary Statistics of Inscribed Oracle Bones Excavated in the Past 120 Years

从甲骨文发现的“百年”(1999)到“一百二十年”(2019),已知刻辞甲骨的数量及其收藏、著录情况都发生了很大变化。本文以孙亚冰《百年来甲骨文材料统计》为基础,对其中50余家机构或个人的收藏情况作了修订,增删相抵后,所得片数可增加2541片以上。此外又增补收藏殷墟刻辞甲骨的机构或个人19家,藏品约3115片,增补殷墟以外出土的甲骨约695片。以上三项共计6351片以上,与《百年》的统计结果相加,总数为161710片以上。举成数而言,我们可以说:甲骨文发现一百二十周年之际,已知出土商周刻辞甲骨的总数约为16万片。

From 100th anniversary(1999)to 120th anniversary(2019)of inscribed oracle bones discovery,many changes have taken place in number,the situation of public and private persons collections,and the recordation of inscribed oracle bones pieces.Based on Sun Yabing’s paper Statistical Materials Regarding a Century of Inscribed Oracle Bones Discoveries(百年来甲骨文材料统计),this paper revised collections of more than 50 organizations and private persons that are relevant,resulting in an additional 2,541 pieces after the addition offset the decrease.Furthermore,19 additional organizations and private with inscribed oracle bones collections are found,resulting in additional 3,115 pieces,and 695 additional pieces are excavated from places outside Yin Xu.To sum up,the amount of inscribed oracle bones of these three items are more than 6,351 pieces.Together with the results of Sun’s paper,the total amount of inscribed oracle bones is over 161,710 pieces.It can be concluded that,the total number of inscribed oracle bones has exceeded 160,000 pieces by the 120th anniversary of the discovery of the Oracle Bone Inscriptions.