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Maya glyph on shell, [between 600 and 799].
Format
Visual material
Description
1 item.
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Maya language
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Picture-writing
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Mexico
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Indigenous Studies
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Donor
Davis, J. Lionberger (John Lionberger), 1878-1973
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Compiled/Created
[between 600 and 799].
Linking notes
Forms part of the Princeton Mesoamerican Collection (C0940).
Summary note
A single Maya glyph on a shell fragment, translated as the term for "architect" incised on a shell fragment, date unknown.
Language note
Text in Maya.
Source acquisition
Gift of J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900, ca. 1951.
Cite as
Princeton Mesoamerican Manuscripts, no. 3, Manuscripts Division, Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Statement on responsible collection description
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