Simu Xin Ding

{{Short description|Ancient Chinese cauldron}}

The Simu Xin Ding ({{Zh|c=司母辛鼎}}) is a ding, or an ancient Chinese vessel{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/greatbronzeageof0000unse |title=Great Bronze Age of China |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf, Metropolitan Museum of Art |year=1980 |isbn=978-0-87099-226-1 |editor-last=Fong |editor-first=Wen |editor-link=Wen Fong |location=New York |pages=2 |url-access=registration}}

used for sacrifices by the Shang dynasty royal family.{{Cite web |title=发现之旅:司母戊鼎留给世人的未解之谜(图)(3)_科学探索_科技时代_新浪网 |url=http://tech.sina.com.cn/d/2005-10-10/1423736185.shtml |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=tech.sina.com.cn}} It was found at Yinxu in the tomb of Fu Hao, a wife of King Wu Ding of the Shang dynasty.{{Cite web |title=巾帼之威--司母辛鼎 - 学术动态 - 安阳市殷墟博物馆 |url=http://www.ayyx.com/News/Article/737 |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=www.ayyx.com}}

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Category:Shang dynasty bronzeware

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