Oracle bone

Details

• Title

  Oracle bone

• Associated place

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  Shang Dynasty, Anyang Period (c. 1200 - c. 1050 BC)

• Material and technique

  bone, inscribed

• Material index

  organic › animal › bone

• Technique index

  marked › inscribed

• Object type

  religious/ritual equipment › divination equipment › divination-bone › oracle-bone

• Dimensions

  3 x 2.9 x 0.8 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.1462

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