Maya Vs. Mixtec written language
The Fenton Vase , 600-800 C.E., Maya, Late Classic period, polychrome ceramic, 17.2 cm diameter, Nebaj, Guatemala © Trustees of the British Museum For my second blog post of this final week I am going to be discussing the Fenton Vase and compare it to my first post of this week. The Fenton Vase shows us a scene of a Maya ruler sitting criss crossed on a bench. He is wearing a gigantic head dress to symbolize that he is very important. The Maya ruler is pointing towards a gift basket full of tamales. The crossword looking box to the left of the Maya ruler contains glyphs. These glyphs list his name as well as all the other titles that are attributed to him. Referring back to professor Z’s YouTube video, the Maya written language (glyphs) is extremely difficult to read and understand. This is because there are many different meanings and words that pertain to different glyphs. For example, there are about nine glyphs that make the sound u. The Maya language was always written down