Rongorongo script

GPTKB entity

Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:writing_system
gptkbp:alternativeName kohau rongorongo
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Rapa_Nui_people
gptkbp:discoveredIn 19th century
gptkbp:features no clear relation to other scripts
gptkbp:firstReported 1864
Eugène Eyraud
gptkbp:housedIn gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:Musée_de_l'Homme,_Paris
Vatican Museums
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago
Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, St. Petersburg
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rongorongo script
gptkbp:inscriptionLanguage gptkb:Rapa_Nui
gptkbp:material wooden tablets
gptkbp:numberOfGlyphs over 120
gptkbp:numberOfSurvivingTablets about 26
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:event
gptkb:ritual
mythology
genealogical records
gptkbp:region gptkb:Polynesia
gptkbp:script logographic
possibly syllabic
gptkbp:status undeciphered
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 1995
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Easter_Island
gptkbp:writingSystem reverse boustrophedon
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Rapa_Nui_people
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5