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Object Number 2004.29.7809
Display Title Altar Q, front
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Honduras / Copan / 2. Recording a congress of astronomer priests (seated on hieroglyphs each side of the date) on September 2, 503 A.D.: a Maya altar front at Copan. / From The Illustrated News, Aug. 20, 1927
Keywords
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Altar
  • Excavation
  • Site
  • Sculpture
  • Ritual
Department Photographic
Date August 20, 1927
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Honduras / Copan
Dimensions Overall: 8.255 × 13.335 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/4 in.)

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North side of Stela A , Dr. Gann on left
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Copan
Dr. Thomas Gann standing beside Stela A
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Copan
Dr. Thomas Gann standing beside Stela H
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