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Object Number 2004.29.7566
Display Title Lower front portion of Stela 8
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Guatemala / Piedras Negras / Stela 8 / Front / T. Maler / called Stela 8 in Report of 1900. (verso) T. Maker writes: El bajo relieve del lado frontal - El cutis de todas los personages siempre colorado - fondo colorado. adornos azules - plumas verdes etc. El bajo-relieve de la parte posterior de la estela esta destruido. En ambos lados angostos hay doble fila de inscription. [Translation: The bas-relief on the front side - The complexion of all the personages always red - red background. blue ornaments - green feathers etc. The lower- relief on the back of the stela is destroyed. On both narrow sides are double rows of inscription.]
Department Photographic
Artist Teobert Maler
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Peten / <County> / <City> / Piedras Negras
Dimensions Overall: 17.4625 × 10.4775 cm (6 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)

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