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oracle bone

pieces of ox scapula or turtle plastron used for pyromancy in ancient China
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oracle bone

Summary

oracle bone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (300 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • oracle bone's image is recorded as Chinese oracle bone (16th-10th C BC) - BL Or. 7694.jpg[2].
  • oracle bone's GND ID is recorded as 4246669-6[3].
  • oracle bone's subclass of is recorded as bone[4].
  • oracle bone's has use is recorded as pyromancy[5].
  • oracle bone's has use is recorded as oracle bone script[6].
  • oracle bone's Commons category is recorded as Oracle bones[7].
  • oracle bone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/023pc_[8].
  • oracle bone's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 495.111[9].
  • oracle bone's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/oracle-bone[10].
  • oracle bone's different from is recorded as oracle bone script[11].
  • oracle bone's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as oracle-bones[12].
  • oracle bone's Lex ID is recorded as orakelben[13].
  • oracle bone's World History Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Oracle_Bones[14].
  • oracle bone's Portable Antiquities Scheme object type ID is recorded as ORACLE+BONE[15].
  • oracle bone's FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus ID is recorded as 97508[16].

Why It Matters

oracle bone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (300 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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