Perforated ox phalanx, from Cnoc Na H-uiseig chambered cairn, Lower Dounreay, Caithness, Highland, Neolithic

Ox phalanx with incised Pictish symbols, possibly a playing piece or king piece, from Burrian, 500 - 800 AD

Shank bone, from Skara Brae, Skaill, Sandwick, Orkney

Tool made from an ox scapula, from Skara Brae

Ox scapula with smoothed edges, used as a shovel or scoop, from Skara Brae

Ox scapula with smoothed edges, used as a shovel or scoop, from Skara Brae

Shovel made from an ox scapula with smoothed edges, from Skara Brae, Orkney

Fragment of an ox scapula with smoothed edges, used as a shovel or scoop, from Skara Brae

Portion of animal bone from Rosemarkie, Ross and Cromarty

Oracle bone of turtle plastron or ox scapula, with incised script recording divination: China, Henan Province, near Anyang, Yinxu, late Shang dynasty, c. 1250 - 1050 BC

Oracle bone of turtle plastron or ox scapula, with incised script recording divination: China, Henan Province, near Anyang, Yinxu, late Shang dynasty, c. 1250 - 1050 BC

Oracle bone of turtle plastron or ox scapula, with incised script recording divination: China, Henan Province, near Anyang, Yinxu, late Shang dynasty, c. 1250 - 1050 BC

Oracle bone of turtle plastron or ox scapula, with incised script recording divination: China, Henan Province, near Anyang, Yinxu, late Shang dynasty, c. 1250 - 1050 BC

Oracle bone of turtle plastron or ox scapula, with incised script recording divination: China, Henan Province, near Anyang, Yinxu, late Shang dynasty, c. 1250 - 1050 BC

Oracle bone of turtle plastron or ox scapula, with incised script recording divination: China, Henan Province, near Anyang, Yinxu, late Shang dynasty, c. 1250 - 1050 BC

Oracle bone of turtle plastron or ox scapula, with incised script recording divination: China, Henan Province, near Anyang, Yinxu, late Shang dynasty, c. 1250 - 1050 BC