Warring States Period (475–221 BC)

Length: 7–12.5 cm

Unearthed in 1987 from Baoshan Tomb M2, Jingmen

Collection of Hubei Provincial Museum

A total of 31 bamboo label slips were excavated from the Baoshan Chu tomb. They bear names of objects and functioned as tags or labels. The selected four pieces bear the inscriptions “[...] ci,”“Shu Ji,”“Shen,”and “Lin.”