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Object Number 2004.29.7568
Display Title Stela 3, lower rear portion
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Guatemala / Piedras Negras / Stela III, rear / T. Maler. / (verso) T. Maler writes: El bajo-relieve del lado posterior - Cara y brazos colorado - fondo colorado. adornos azules, verdes etc. (El bajo-relieve del lado frontal esta muy deteriorado hice sinembargo un dibujo de el.) Hay doble fila de inscription en ambos lados angostos de la estela. [Translation: The bas-relief of the back side - Face and red arms - red background. blue, green ornaments etc. (The bas-relief on the front side is badly deteriorated however I made a drawing of it.) There are two rows of inscription on both narrow sides of the stela.]
Subject
  • Stela
Department Photographic
Artist Teobert Maler
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Peten / <County> / <City> / Piedras Negras
Intrasite Stela 3
Dimensions Overall: 19.05 × 12.7 cm (7 1/2 × 5 in.)

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