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Chinese oracle bone

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BL3266216
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Chinese oracle bone
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China, 16th-10th century B.C. Language: Chinese Source/Shelfmark: Or. 7694, 1535v Diviners of the Shang dynasty (16th-10th centuries B.C.) 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. Originally published/produced in China, 16th-10th century B.C.

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discipline / occult sciences / chinese oracle bone / oracle bone / divination
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