Copper Earrings with Isthmian Script
SKU:
727
$40.00
$40.00
per item
I made these earrings in copper using a sample of Isthmian script. The black and teal glass beads are hung on copper wire, and the earwires are hypoallergenic niobium. They are approximately 1 3/4" long including the beads.
Isthmian is one of several pre-Mayan Central American scripts. One of the few examples found seems to date from around 100-200 AD, but the script may go back as far as 450 BC. In 1933 John Justeson and Terrence Kaufman proposed a partial decipherment of one surviving text, but their work was later disputed, and the issue is still unresolved.
Isthmian is one of several pre-Mayan Central American scripts. One of the few examples found seems to date from around 100-200 AD, but the script may go back as far as 450 BC. In 1933 John Justeson and Terrence Kaufman proposed a partial decipherment of one surviving text, but their work was later disputed, and the issue is still unresolved.