Tuxtla Statuette

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Epi-Olmec inscribed object Mesoamerican artifact greenstone sculpture

The Tuxtla Statuette is a small greenstone sculpture from ancient Mesoamerica notable for bearing one of the earliest known examples of Epi-Olmec hieroglyphic writing.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tuxtla Statuette inscription	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Epi-Olmec inscribed object ⓘ Mesoamerican artifact ⓘ greenstone sculpture ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture	Epi-Olmec NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Epi-Olmec culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Isthmian script NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsTo	Preclassic Mesoamerican period ⓘ
chronologicalSignificance	among the earliest dated monuments in Mesoamerica ⓘ
collection	National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfDiscovery	Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Epi-Olmec NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentLocation	National Museum of Natural History NERFINISHED ⓘ Smithsonian Institution NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfDiscovery	1902 ⓘ
depicts	avian attributes ⓘ human figure ⓘ
discoveredIn	Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveredNear	Tuxtla, Veracruz lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
estimatedDate	ca. 2nd–3rd century CE ⓘ
foundBy	farmer (name unknown) ⓘ
hasFeature	engraved calendar date ⓘ long-count style date notation ⓘ
height	approximately 16 cm ⓘ
iconographicStyle	Epi-Olmec NERFINISHED ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Epi-Olmec language NERFINISHED ⓘ
inscriptionType	hieroglyphic ⓘ
material	greenstone ⓘ
notableFor	bearing one of the earliest known examples of Epi-Olmec hieroglyphic writing ⓘ
region	Isthmus of Tehuantepec NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem	Epi-Olmec script NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Epi-Olmec culture → hasArtifact → Tuxtla Statuette ⓘ

Isthmian script (in some regions) → notableInscription → Tuxtla Statuette ⓘ

subject surface form: Isthmian script

this entity surface form: Tuxtla Statuette inscription