Oracle Bone Fragment
The Oracle Bone Fragment by Unknown. A broken piece of animal bone with writing on it. The bone is tan and roughly quadrilateral with one long edge curved and uneven; the other long edge has two straight segments that meet at a rounded point. The bone piece is lying on a flat surface with the curved edge on the left; the top right edge has a jagged gap. The bone has several lines of etched writing on it; the writing starts in the upper left and goes diagonally down to the right. The lines of writing are in a language that is not recognizable. The background is gray.
Artwork details
- Date:
- 13th–11th century BCE
- Medium:
- Bone
- Culture:
- China
- Dimensions:
- 600 × 400 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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