Maya hieroglyphs

GPTKB entity

Properties (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf writing system
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Maya_mythology
Maya_astronomy
Maya_politics
gptkbp:availableIn Spanish_colonization
gptkbp:built gptkb:Postclassic_Maya_period
Classic_Maya_period
gptkbp:composedOf logograms
syllabic signs
gptkbp:contains over 800 distinct glyphs
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Mesoamerica
gptkbp:featuredIn Maya_inscriptions
Maya_literature
gptkbp:firstAppearance 300 BCE
gptkbp:firstDescribedBy gods
rituals
kings
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maya hieroglyphs
gptkbp:influenced archaeology
linguistics
modern_understanding_of_Maya_culture
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Olmec_writing
gptkbp:is_used_in images
palaces
temples
paintings
tombs
symbols
gptkbp:isReflectedIn Maya descendants
gptkbp:lastProduced 1500 CE
gptkbp:locatedIn stelae
Maya codices
temple inscriptions
gptkbp:maintainedBy pottery
ceramics
stone_monuments
gptkbp:notableFor historical significance
complexity
artistic representation
gptkbp:relatedTo Mesoamerican_writing_systems
gptkbp:releasedIn gptkb:David_Stuart
gptkbp:research archaeologists
epigraphers
gptkbp:suitableFor one of the most sophisticated writing systems in the pre-Columbian Americas
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:J._Eric_S._Thompson
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Maya_civilization
gptkbp:usedFor religious texts
recording history
record events
astronomical records
record dates
record lineage
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Maya_architecture
Maya_art