oracle bone

基本解释

Some ancient information about keeping records by tying knots was retained in Yin Ruins oracle bone inscriptions.
在殷墟甲骨文字中，保留了一些关于上古结绳记事的信息。
"Er Ya New-prove" inspects Er Ya by paleography material such as oracle bone and bronze inscriptions and bamboo and silk and some other archeology material.
“尔雅新证”以甲骨文、金文、简帛等古文字材料和一些非文字的考古材料来检验《尔雅》。
In one instance, a diviner patiently made 70 individual oracle-bone cracks in order to determine which ancestor was responsible for a living king's toothache.
举一个例子，占卜师为了弄清楚究竟是哪位祖先使得在世的国王牙疼，会不厌其烦地在甲骨上一个个地烤出70条裂痕来。
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