Abstract: The invention relates to a rope sling shackle body for a heavy load rope sling shackle for suspending on a rope sling, at least comprising: —two mutually opposite end portions each with a through-opening for receiving a pin; a central arc which extends between the end portions and which has, at least in a rope receiving region, an arc bottom and arc flanks that are arranged on either side thereof and are spaced apart from one another, wherein the arc has a convexly rounded rope supporting face on its inner side at least in the rope receiving region, said rope supporting face extending from a top edge of one arc flank to the top edge of the respectively other arc flank; and at least one reinforcement rib, which is arranged between the arc flanks. The reinforcement rib is divided into two part-ribs via which in each case one arc flank is supported on the arc bottom, wherein there is a spacing between the part-ribs right down to the arc bottom.