Late Classic Maya
Possibly La Corona (Saknikte’), Usumacinta River area, Guatemala
Hieroglyphic Panel
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Late Classic Maya
Possibly La Corona (Saknikte’), Usumacinta River area, Guatemala650–800
Hieroglyphic Panel
Late Classic Maya Possibly La Corona (Saknikte’), Usumacinta River area, Guatemala →mayalate classicclassicmesoamericanstonesculpture
Date
650–800
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
28.6 × 26.7 × 3.8 cm (11 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by the Claire B. Zeisler Foundation
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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