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'''Jia3gu3wen2''' or '''Oracle Bone script''' are incised characters found on ox scapula and tortoise plastrons ([[oracle bones]]) thought to be the earliest [[Chinese characters]].
The diviner would inscribe on the bone or shell his name, the current date of the [[sexigesimal cycle]] and then inscribe two possible outcomes on the shell. Depending on how the fired object cracked, diviners would interpret the answer from them. For example:
"Tomorrow it will rain"
"Tomorrow it will not rain"
The outcome was then inscribed on the bone and saved. The inscriptions are known as jiaguwen 甲骨文 or oracle bone inscriptions.
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