Maya hieroglyphs

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Mesoamerican script logosyllabic script writing system

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Maya hieroglyphic script 7
Maya hieroglyphs canonical 7
Classic Maya hieroglyphic script 1

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 peoples ⓘ
surface form: Maya people
developedIn Mesoamerica ⓘ
earliestEvidence late Preclassic period ⓘ
hasComponent logograms ⓘ
numerals ⓘ
syllabic signs ⓘ
hasISO15924Code Maya ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Maya numerals ⓘ
surface form: Mayan Numerals
hasWritingType logographic ⓘ
syllabic ⓘ
notToBeConfusedWith modern Maya languages orthographies ⓘ
relatedTo Aztec writing ⓘ
Epi-Olmec script ⓘ
Isthmian script (in some regions) ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Cobá → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
Calakmul → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maya hieroglyphic script
Maya Hall → theme → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maya writing system
Tzolkʼin calendar → hasScriptRepresentation → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
Haabʼ → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
Mesoamerican Long Count calendar → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
House of Pakal dynasty → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
western Maya lowlands → hasWritingTradition → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classic Maya hieroglyphic script
Temple of the Inscriptions → inscriptionsLanguage → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classic Maya script
Caracol → hasWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maya hieroglyphic script
Bonampak → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maya hieroglyphic script
Hieroglyphic Stairway → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
Casa Colorada → hasWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maya hieroglyphic script
Akab Dzib → hasWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
Pomona (Maya site) → hasWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maya hieroglyphic script
Moral-Reforma → hasWritingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maya hieroglyphic script
Uaxactún → writingSystem → Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maya hieroglyphic script