Hieroglyphic Panel
Maya · 650–800 · Art Institute of Chicago
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The Maya developed hieroglyphic writing to record the names, births, marriages, alliances, victories and coronations, and deaths of their rulers. Mythological events and religious happenings were also carefully chronicled. Today scholars are deciphering this script and linking the translated information to additional archaeological evidence in order to reconstruct ancient Maya history, belief, and culture. This fragment from a hieroglyphic panel contains calendrical information that was part of a longer text.
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- Maker
- Late Classic Maya, Possibly La Corona (Saknikte’), Usumacinta River area, Guatemala
- Date
- 650–800
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 28.6 × 26.7 × 3.8 cm (11 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)
- Place of origin
- Guatemala
- Held by
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by the Claire B. Zeisler Foundation
Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
