Room 2 of Temple of the Murals

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Room 2 of the Temple of the Murals is a chamber at the Maya archaeological site of Bonampak renowned for its vivid wall paintings depicting elaborate courtly rituals and ceremonial scenes.

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Label Occurrences
Room 2 of Temple of the Murals canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya mural chamber ⓘ
archaeological feature ⓘ
access restricted public access ⓘ
approximateDate 8th century CE ⓘ
c. 790–800 CE ⓘ
artStyle polychrome mural painting ⓘ
associatedWith Bonampak rulers ⓘ
Yajaw Chan Muwaan II ⓘ
civilization Classic Maya ⓘ
conservationStatus fragile ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
depicts ceremonial scenes ⓘ
courtly rituals ⓘ
feathered headdresses ⓘ
hieroglyphic captions ⓘ
jade ornaments ⓘ
musicians and dancers ⓘ
nobility in elaborate costumes ⓘ
presentation of captives ⓘ
ritual bloodletting ⓘ
royal court of Bonampak ⓘ
linked to: Bonampak
discoveredBy Giles Healey ⓘ
discoveryDate 1946 ⓘ
function ritual and dynastic display space ⓘ
hasPart east wall mural of Room 2 of the Temple of the Murals ⓘ
north wall mural of Room 2 of the Temple of the Murals ⓘ
south wall mural of Room 2 of the Temple of the Murals ⓘ
vault murals of Room 2 of the Temple of the Murals ⓘ
west wall mural of Room 2 of the Temple of the Murals ⓘ
iconography processions of nobles ⓘ
royal enthronement rituals ⓘ
tribute and gift presentation ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Classic Maya language ⓘ
locatedIn Bonampak ⓘ
Bonampak archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Bonampak

Chiapas ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
locatedInStructure Structure 1 at Bonampak ⓘ
linked to: Bonampak
material pigments on plaster ⓘ
partOf Temple of the Murals ⓘ
researchField Maya archaeology ⓘ
Mesoamerican art history ⓘ
sequenceWithinTemple second chamber of three in the Temple of the Murals ⓘ
significance important example of Maya narrative painting ⓘ
major source for understanding Classic Maya court life ⓘ
timePeriod Late Classic period ⓘ
writingSystem Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ

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

Bonampak → hasRoom → Room 2 of Temple of the Murals ⓘ