Ba–Shu scripts

Ba–Shu scripts
Traditional Chinese巴蜀圖語
Simplified Chinese巴蜀图语
Literal meaningBa and Shu picture script
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBā Shǔ tú yǔ

The Ba–Shu scripts are three undeciphered scripts found on bronzeware from the ancient kingdoms of Ba and Shu in the Sichuan Basin of southwestern China in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. Numerous signature seals have been found in Ba–Shu graves, suggesting that the states used written records, though none have been found. The known inscriptions are too few to be deciphered, or even to identify the language recorded.

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