Drawing of Piedras Negras Stela 11 Depicting Enthroned Ruler

Artist
Linda Schele
Medium
Black ink on mylar
Object Dimensions
17 x 11 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-6111
Annotations
Piedras Negras ST 11 Fig. II 7, Celestial Bird, rolled curtain, sky band, Reed effigy of caiman, front head of Celestial Monster, bloody cloth, ladder scaffolding, blood stream, earth band, sacrificial victim on altar, rear head of Celestial Monster, blood stream
Bibliography

Schele, Linda, and David A. Freidel. 1990. A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.: 112, Fig. II.4

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Site Found
Piedras Negras
Chronological Period
Late Classic
Culture
Maya
Subject Type
Stela
Description

Stela 11, dedicated on August 22, AD 731, shows accession of Ruler 4. The ruler sits atop a scaffold framed by a skyband and topped by a Celestial Bird. A dead sacrificial victim lays across an altar at the bottom register.

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