Most oracle bone inscriptions are records of divinations, but the "spirit names" are similar to illustrations, mainly depicting the appearance of the mountain spirits. On close examination, one can distinguish goats, apes, tigers and so on. What is carved on the Dinggong potsherd is clearly very similar to the mountain spirits.
甲骨文大部分是占卜記錄，但「神明表」則類似繪畫，主要描繪山神的模樣，仔細觀察可看出羊、猿猴、老虎等，丁公陶片所刻的，顯然與山岳神很相近。