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Object Number
2004.29.7813
Display Title
Altar T
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: Honduras / Copan / Recording the date of a Maya astronomical congress in 503 A.D.: an altar among the ruins of Copan, in Spanish Honduras. / From The Illustrated News, Aug. 20, 1927
Keywords
- Archaeological
Subject
- Site
- Ritual
- Excavation
- Altar
- Sculpture
Department
Photographic
Date
August 20, 1927
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Honduras
/
Copan
Dimensions
Overall: 10.16 × 15.875 cm (4 × 6 1/4 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.7811 | Altar U, back |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.29.7809 | Altar Q, front |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.29.7810 | Altar U, front |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.29.7806 | Altar Q |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.29.7807 | Altar Q |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.29.7814 | Dr. Thomas Gann standing beside Stela A |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.29.7808 | North side of Stela A , Dr. Gann on left |
Copan
| ||
| 2004.29.7812 | Dr. Thomas Gann standing beside Stela H |
Copan
| ||
| 2001.1.649 | Cast of part of Stela 8, top section (now restored) |
Cast
|
Copan
| |
| 2001.1.448 | Cast of Stela 8, lower section, (now restored) |
Cast
|
Copan
| |
| 33-85-20/76384.1.77 | Inscribed stone No. 12 |
Tenampua
| ||
| 2004.15.19.14 | Copan, Ballcourt, ca. 1959 |
Copan
|