Mayan Column with Hieroglyphs
- Title
- Mayan Column with Hieroglyphs
- Description
- The carvings in this object are Mayan Hieroglyphs which is a writing system that mixes phonetic signs with pictorial representations. The texts begin in the upper left moving to the right and top to bottom in double columns. The first nine hieroglyphs on the object record the date of different Mayan calendars.
- Semester
- Spring 2026
- Subject
- Indigenous Art
- Saint Louis Art Museum
- Mayan
- Morton D. May
- Late Classic Period
- Temporal Coverage
- 715 – 715
- Spatial Coverage
- Chiapas state, Mexico, North America, Central America
- Language
- The information about the object is in English
- Medium
- The object is made out of limestone with pigment
- Is Part Of
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Morton D. May
- Identifier
- 384:1978
- Provenance
-
1966
Everett Rassiga Inc., New York, NY, USA -
1966 - 1978
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, MO, purchased from Everett Rassiga Inc. -
1978
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May - Explanation of Omeka Map Location
- The object originated in Chiapas state, Mexico, North and Central America
