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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
  • Ritual
  • Excavation
  • Altar
  • Sculpture
  • Site
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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