Hieroglyphic Stairway 2
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Hieroglyphic Stairway 2 is a major carved stairway at the Maya site of Dos Pilas, notable for its extensive hieroglyphic inscriptions that document the city's dynastic history and political conflicts.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hieroglyphic Stairway 4 | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya archaeological monument
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hieroglyphic stairway ⓘ |
| artStyle | Classic Maya sculpture ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Dos Pilas royal dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithSite | Aguateca–Dos Pilas polity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Maya epigraphic monument
ⓘ
Mesoamerican stairway monument ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | Classic Maya period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredAt | Dos Pilas archaeological excavations ⓘ |
| documents |
accession events of Dos Pilas rulers
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alliances and vassalage relations ⓘ dynastic history of Dos Pilas ⓘ political conflicts involving Dos Pilas ⓘ wars between Dos Pilas and neighboring Maya polities ⓘ |
| function |
dynastic monument
ⓘ
historical record ⓘ |
| hasPart |
carved steps
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hieroglyphic panels ⓘ sculpted blocks ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of the archaeological heritage of Guatemala ⓘ |
| language | Classic Maya language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Dos Pilas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Guatemala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCulturalArea | Maya Lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Petén Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| scriptType | logosyllabic script ⓘ |
| significance |
key monument for studying Classic Maya political dynamics
ⓘ
major epigraphic source for Dos Pilas history ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Hieroglyphic Stairway 4