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Object Number 58-34-20/65514
Display Title Altar 2
Descriptions
Subject
  • Stela
  • Glyph
  • Sculpture
Department Photographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Honduras / Copan / <County> / <City> / Rio Amarillo
Intrasite Altar 2
Credit Line Gift of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1958

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