oracle bone
oracle bone · oracle bones
A piece of turtle shell or bone used for divination during the late Shang dynasty of ChinaA piece of turtle shell or bone used for divination during the late Shang dynasty of China.
» Oracle bones discovered on this site provide the earliest records of Chinese writing.
An dieser Stätte gefundene Orakelknochen liefern die frühesten Belege chinesischer Schrift. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
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1 sensesA piece of turtle shell or bone used for divination during the late Shang dynasty of China.
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1 sentencesOracle bones discovered on this site provide the earliest records of Chinese writing.
deAn dieser Stätte gefundene Orakelknochen liefern die frühesten Belege chinesischer Schrift. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
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plural: oracle bones| Singular | oracle bone |
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