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Chinese oracle bone 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. |
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| Date | between 16th century and 10th century BC | |||
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Or. 7694/1535v |
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Originally published/produced in China, 16th-10th century B.C. Held and digitised by the British Library, and uploaded to Flickr Commons. Please do not overwrite this file. Any cropped or modified version should be uploaded with a new name and linked in the "
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| Object reference | Heji 39498v, Yingcang suocang jiagu ji 1117v |
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| current | 02:22, 5 March 2014 | | 1,670 × 1,714 (953 KB) | Jheald | GWToolset:: Creating mediafile for Jheald. One of 430 images released by British Library Images Online |
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