甲骨文 (literally 'shell-bone script') was scratched onto turtle plastrons and ox scapulae during Shang divination rituals. Rediscovered in 1899 near Anyang, it pushed confirmed Chinese writing back to c. 1200 BCE.
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The tech company Oracle took 甲骨文 as its Chinese name because 'oracle' and the oracle-bone writing system share the divination connection — one of the cleverest corporate name choices in Chinese.
