Maya hieroglyphs

E241364

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