{
  "schema": "kbatch-antiquity-scholar-names-v1",
  "generated": "2026-07-26T01:09:27Z",
  "claim": "Thin open scholar/scribe names tied to antiquity discovery mesh. Not private genealogy. Spelling fuel for path geometry + open-names.",
  "count": 10,
  "names": [
    {
      "id": "sch:sak-tahn-waax",
      "name": "Sak Tahn Waax",
      "spelling": "sak-tahn-waax",
      "gloss": "White-chested Fox",
      "theme": "history",
      "culture": "maya",
      "era": "classic-maya",
      "year": 781,
      "role": "astronomer-mathematician",
      "place": "Xultun, Guatemala",
      "description": "First named Classic Maya astronomer-mathematician; attributed Venus–Mars calendar formula (che-he-na signature). Discovery published 2026 (Antiquity).",
      "projectId": "xultun-sak-tahn-waax",
      "orthographyNote": "Glyph spelling SAK-TAHN-wa-xi",
      "wikipedia": null,
      "license": "kbatch-curated thin gloss · cite Antiquity 2026",
      "source": "antiquity-discovery-mesh",
      "status": "open-curated",
      "samplePhrase": "sak tahn waax white chested fox",
      "pathWords": [
        "sak",
        "tahn",
        "waax",
        "xultun",
        "venus",
        "mars",
        "maya",
        "calendar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sch:philodemus",
      "name": "Philodemus of Gadara",
      "spelling": "philodemus-of-gadara",
      "theme": "history",
      "culture": "greco-roman",
      "era": "hellenistic",
      "year": -110,
      "role": "epicurean-philosopher-poet",
      "place": "Herculaneum / Italy",
      "description": "Epicurean author whose works appear among Herculaneum papyri recovered via Vesuvius Challenge virtual unwrapping.",
      "projectId": "herculaneum-vesuvius-challenge",
      "license": "kbatch-curated thin gloss",
      "source": "antiquity-discovery-mesh",
      "status": "open-curated",
      "samplePhrase": "philodemus pleasure nature gods",
      "pathWords": [
        "philodemus",
        "herculaneum",
        "epicurean",
        "papyrus"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sch:timothy-matlack",
      "name": "Timothy Matlack",
      "spelling": "timothy-matlack",
      "theme": "history",
      "culture": "american-founding",
      "era": "early-modern",
      "year": 1776,
      "role": "scribe",
      "place": "Philadelphia",
      "description": "Scribe of the engrossed Declaration of Independence parchment (NARA).",
      "projectId": "decl-independence-1776",
      "license": "kbatch-curated · NARA public history",
      "source": "antiquity-discovery-mesh",
      "status": "open-curated",
      "samplePhrase": "life liberty pursuit of happiness",
      "pathWords": [
        "matlack",
        "declaration",
        "parchment",
        "engrossed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sch:hypatia",
      "name": "Hypatia",
      "spelling": "hypatia",
      "theme": "history",
      "culture": "late-antique",
      "era": "late-antique",
      "year": 370,
      "role": "philosopher-mathematician",
      "place": "Alexandria",
      "description": "Late antique philosopher and mathematician of Alexandria.",
      "projectId": null,
      "license": "open historical",
      "source": "antiquity-discovery-mesh",
      "status": "open-curated",
      "pathWords": [
        "hypatia",
        "alexandria",
        "philosophy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sch:ptolemy",
      "name": "Claudius Ptolemy",
      "spelling": "claudius-ptolemy",
      "theme": "history",
      "culture": "greco-egyptian",
      "era": "roman-imperial",
      "year": 150,
      "role": "astronomer",
      "place": "Alexandria",
      "description": "Almagest astronomer — classical comparison peer for Maya calendar science (cite-out).",
      "projectId": null,
      "license": "open historical",
      "source": "antiquity-discovery-mesh",
      "status": "open-curated",
      "pathWords": [
        "ptolemy",
        "almagest",
        "astronomy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sch:aryabhata",
      "name": "Aryabhata",
      "spelling": "aryabhata",
      "theme": "history",
      "culture": "indian",
      "era": "classical-india",
      "year": 476,
      "role": "astronomer-mathematician",
      "place": "India",
      "description": "Classical Indian astronomer-mathematician — global peer set for named scientists.",
      "projectId": null,
      "license": "open historical",
      "source": "antiquity-discovery-mesh",
      "status": "open-curated",
      "pathWords": [
        "aryabhata",
        "siddhanta",
        "astronomy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sch:zhang-heng",
      "name": "Zhang Heng",
      "spelling": "zhang-heng",
      "theme": "history",
      "culture": "han-chinese",
      "era": "han",
      "year": 78,
      "role": "astronomer-engineer",
      "place": "China",
      "description": "Han dynasty polymath known for astronomy and seismograph tradition.",
      "projectId": null,
      "license": "open historical",
      "source": "antiquity-discovery-mesh",
      "status": "open-curated",
      "pathWords": [
        "zhang",
        "heng",
        "astronomy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sch:hipparchus",
      "name": "Hipparchus",
      "spelling": "hipparchus",
      "theme": "history",
      "culture": "greek",
      "era": "hellenistic",
      "year": -190,
      "role": "astronomer",
      "place": "Rhodes",
      "description": "Hellenistic astronomer; precession tradition — peer framing for Xultun science.",
      "projectId": null,
      "license": "open historical",
      "source": "antiquity-discovery-mesh",
      "status": "open-curated",
      "pathWords": [
        "hipparchus",
        "precession",
        "star"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sch:scribe-ahmes",
      "name": "Ahmes (Rhind Mathematical Papyrus scribe)",
      "spelling": "ahmes",
      "theme": "history",
      "culture": "egyptian",
      "era": "second-intermediate",
      "year": -1650,
      "role": "scribe-mathematician",
      "place": "Egypt",
      "description": "Scribe named on Rhind Mathematical Papyrus tradition.",
      "projectId": null,
      "license": "open historical",
      "source": "antiquity-discovery-mesh",
      "status": "open-curated",
      "pathWords": [
        "ahmes",
        "rhind",
        "papyrus",
        "mathematics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sch:enheduanna",
      "name": "Enheduanna",
      "spelling": "enheduanna",
      "theme": "history",
      "culture": "sumerian",
      "era": "akkadian-empire",
      "year": -2285,
      "role": "priestess-poet",
      "place": "Ur",
      "description": "Earliest named author in world literature tradition.",
      "projectId": "gilgamesh-tablets",
      "license": "open historical",
      "source": "antiquity-discovery-mesh",
      "status": "open-curated",
      "pathWords": [
        "enheduanna",
        "sumer",
        "temple",
        "hymn"
      ]
    }
  ]
}