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Chinese oracle bone, 16th-10th century BC. Creator: Unknown.

Chinese oracle bone, 16th-10th century BC. Creator: Unknown.

3-061-289 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Chinese oracle bone, 16th-10th century BC. Diviners of the Shang dynasty produced oracles by reading cracks on ox bones. Such bones bear the earliest writing known in China. The pit marks were produced by a hot poker.

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  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Picture Type
  1. Object
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Religion & Belief Other

History & Politics Artefacts

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4832x4960
File Size : 70,215kb

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  1. Shelfmark: Or. 7694, 1535v
  1. 1280001732
  1. 3-061-289
  1. 3061289

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