Drawing of Piedras Negras Stela 11 Depicting Enthroned Ruler

Autor
Linda Schele
Material
Black ink on mylar
Dimensiones de Objeto
17 x 11 in
Colección de Objeto
La Colección de Dibujos de Linda Schele
Numero de Objeto
SD-6111
Anotaciónes
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
Bibliografía

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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Sitio Encontrado
Piedras Negras
Región Cronológico
Late Classic
Cultura
Maya
Categoría de Sujecto
Stela
Descripción

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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