Maya hieroglyphs

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Maya hieroglyphs are the complex logosyllabic writing system used by the ancient Maya civilization to record their language, history, and rituals on monuments, codices, and artifacts.

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican script ⓘ
logosyllabic script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
approximateEndCentury 16th century CE ⓘ
approximateStartCentury 3rd century BCE ⓘ
decipheredBy David Stuart ⓘ
Tatiana Proskouriakoff ⓘ
Yuri Knorozov ⓘ
deciphermentStatus largely deciphered ⓘ
developedBy Maya people ⓘ
linked to: Maya peoples
developedIn Mesoamerica ⓘ
earliestEvidence late Preclassic period ⓘ
hasComponent logograms ⓘ
numerals ⓘ
syllabic signs ⓘ
hasISO15924Code Maya ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Mayan Numerals ⓘ
linked to: Maya numerals
hasWritingType logographic ⓘ
syllabic ⓘ
notToBeConfusedWith modern Maya languages orthographies ⓘ
relatedTo Aztec writing ⓘ
Epi-Olmec script ⓘ
Isthmian script ⓘ
Mixtec writing ⓘ
scriptFamily Mesoamerican writing systems ⓘ
timePeriod Classic period ⓘ
Postclassic period ⓘ
Preclassic period ⓘ
usedBy Maya civilization ⓘ
usedFor recording history ⓘ
recording language ⓘ
recording rituals ⓘ
usedOn altars ⓘ
bone artifacts ⓘ
ceramic vessels ⓘ
codices ⓘ
lintels ⓘ
murals ⓘ
shell artifacts ⓘ
stelae ⓘ
stone monuments ⓘ
usedToRecord astronomical observations ⓘ
calendrical information ⓘ
dynastic histories ⓘ
mythological narratives ⓘ
political events ⓘ
ritual events ⓘ
royal genealogies ⓘ
usesNumeralSystem Maya numerals ⓘ
vigesimal system ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
top-to-bottom in paired columns ⓘ
writingSystemOf Classic Maya language ⓘ
Mayan languages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (56)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cobá → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
Calakmul → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Maya Hall → theme → Maya writing system ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Haabʼ → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
House of Pakal dynasty → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
western Maya lowlands → hasWritingTradition → Classic Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Temple of the Inscriptions → inscriptionsLanguage → Classic Maya script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Caracol → hasWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Bonampak → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphic Stairway → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
Casa Colorada → hasWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Akab Dzib → hasWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
Pomona (Maya site) → hasWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Moral-Reforma → hasWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Uaxactún → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Kʼicheʼ Maya polity → usedWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic tradition ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Yuri Knorozov → theory → Maya script is a mixed logo-syllabic system ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Paris Codex → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
J. Eric S. Thompson → notableWork → Maya Hieroglyphic Writing ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Cross Group → inscriptionsLanguage → Classic Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Palenque sculptural style → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
GI triad of Palenque → script → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Tonina → hasWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Pomona → hasLanguage → Classic Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II → usedWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Heinrich Berlin → fieldOfWork → Maya hieroglyphic writing ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Naachtún → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Bird Jaguar IV → writingSystemUsed → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
Temple VI → hasWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
The Ancient Maya → focusesOn → Maya writing system ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
ajaw of Copán → writingSystemUsed → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Temple 26 → hasWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
Stela F at Copán → script → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
Temple of the Bearded Man → languageOfInscriptions → Mayan (hieroglyphic) ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Stela J at Copán → hasWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphic Stairway at Copán (early phases) → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Kan → writingSystem → MayaHieroglyphicScript ⓘ
subject linked to: kan
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Ekʼ Balam archaeological site → primaryLanguageOfInscriptions → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
kʼuhul ajaw → scriptUsed → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Yax → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
Moʼ → scriptUsed → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Kʼukʼ → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Stela D at Copán → hasWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
Stela N at Copán → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
Maya priesthood → usedWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Puuc Maya → usedScript → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Group of the Paintings → languageOfInscriptions → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs
Cobá → languageOfInscriptions → Maya hieroglyphic script ⓘ
subject linked to: ancient city of Cobá
linked to: Maya hieroglyphs