From 6aaadb09c489238a7b8fe37b706105e168329ca5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastian Bauer <75776786+yax-lakam-tuun@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 20:15:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [#29] Maya context for pillar 'cultural context' --- terminology/terminology.tex | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/terminology/terminology.tex b/terminology/terminology.tex index b5751a4..62eeb16 100644 --- a/terminology/terminology.tex +++ b/terminology/terminology.tex @@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ \subsection{Cultural context} Well known place names, royal names or titles which occur in unknown script play an important role in decipherment as they might hint how the fundamental mechanics of the writing system work. + +\subsubsection{The Rosetta Stone} One great example how royal names of titles helped to create an important insight of an unknown script, was the breakthrough Jean-Fran\c{c}ois Champollion had in deciphering the Egyptian hieroglyphs when analyzing the so-called Rosetta Stone which had a text written in @@ -213,6 +215,7 @@ \subsection{Cultural context} \label{fig:terminology-ptolemy-cartouche} \end{center} +\subsubsection{Maya rulers of Chich\'{e}n Itz\'{a}} David Kelley was able to show that names of Maya rulers occur in the inscriptions and in colonial sources from the 16th century. On several inscriptions in the temple of Chich\'{e}n Itz\'{a}, Herman Beyer (\cite{beyer1937})