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Cast of Lintel 25, Yaxchilan
Object Number 92-50-20/C1104
Display Title Cast of Lintel 25, Yaxchilan
Descriptions
Object Description Cast of lintel 25 - Yaxchilan Yaxchilan, Lintel 25 Classic Maya, A.D. 723 Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico Like its companion Lintel 24, this sculpture spanned a doorway in the funerary building of Lady K'abal Xook, portrayed in the scene at the lower right. The scene commemorates a royal bloodletting rite on A.D. October 20, 681, the accession day of the king Itzamnah Balam, when the new king "conjured the spirit of warfare," according to the upper text. This describes the large serpent and the ancestral warrior emerging from its maw, both replete in the symbols from Teotihuacan in Central Mexico. Lady K'abal Xook, as attendant to the ceremony, holds a bowl with the implements of the king's self-sacrifice. [D. Stuart, 2001]
Inventory Description Cast of sculptured stone lintel, Yaxchilan Lintel 25, light brown, rectangular
Cast Name YAX_Lnt_25
Classification
  • Cast
Department Archaeological
Date A.D. 723
Artist Désiré Charnay
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Chiapas / <County> / <City> / Yaxchilan
Intrasite Funerary Building of Lady K'abal Xook
Materials Plaster, Wood, Burlap, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 116 x 81 x 5 cm (45 11/16 x 31 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object C1104

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