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[[Image:OracleShell.JPG|thumbnail|right|Replica of ancient Chinese script on an oracle turtle shell]]

'''Oracle Bone script''' ([[pinyin]]: Jia3gu3wen2) are incised characters found on ox scapula and tortoise plastrons ([[oracle bones]]) thought to be the earliest [[Chinese characters]].

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The outcome was then inscribed on the bone and saved. The inscriptions are known as jiaguwen (甲骨文) or oracle bone inscriptions.

[[Image:OracleSunOracleShell.JPG|thumbnail|Oracleleft|Replica of ancient Chinese script foron an oracle turtle Sunshell]]

[[Image:OracleSpringOracleDivining.JPG|thumbnail|left|Oracle script forfrom a Springdivining]]

[[Image:OracleAutumnOracleSun.JPG|thumbnail|left|Oracle script for AutumnSun]]

[[Image:OracleWinterOracleSpring.JPG|thumbnail|left|Oracle script for WinterSpring]]

[[Image:OracleAutumn.JPG|thumbnail|left|Oracle script for Autumn]]

[[Image:OracleWinter.JPG|thumbnail|left|Oracle script for Winter]]