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Object Number
2004.29.7810
Display Title
Altar U, front
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: Honduras / Copan / 6. Carved with the conventionalised serpent's head: the front of the most important altar found among the Maya ruins at Copan, the back of which (shown below in illustration No. 7) is covered with hieroglyphics representing sates in Maya chronology. / From The Illustrated News, Aug. 20, 1927
Keywords
- Archaeological
Subject
- Ritual
- Sculpture
- Excavation
- Altar
- Site
Department
Photographic
Date
August 20, 1927
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Honduras
/
Copan
Dimensions
Overall: 14.2875 × 23.8125 cm (5 5/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.7811 | Altar U, back |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.29.7813 | Altar T |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.29.7812 | Dr. Thomas Gann standing beside Stela H |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.29.7814 | Dr. Thomas Gann standing beside Stela A |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.29.7806 | Altar Q |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.29.7809 | Altar Q, front |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.29.7807 | Altar Q |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.29.7808 | North side of Stela A , Dr. Gann on left |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.29.7825 | Hieroglyphic stairway, structure at foot, looking north |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.15.19.12 | Copan, Stela H, back, upper half |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.15.19.13 | Copan, Stela H, front, detail |
Copan
| ||
| 2001.1.649 | Cast of part of Stela 8, top section (now restored) |
Cast
|
Copan
|