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Lintel 10 is the last known monument at Yaxchilan, dating to 808. [12] It depicts K'inich Yat Ahk II of Piedras Negras as a captive of Yaxchilan king K'inich Tatbu Skull IV. [61] Lintel 12 was originally set into Structure 20 in the Central Acropolis. [46] It is now in the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City. [46]
Lintel 24 is the designation given by modern archaeologists to an ancient Maya limestone sculpture from Yaxchilan, in modern Chiapas, Mexico. The lintel dates to about 723–726 AD, placing it within the Maya Late Classic period . [ 1 ]
Lintel 25 also is reported to have inscriptions on it that indicates that the lintel is placed above the house of Lady Xoc. The phrase is translated by Inomata and Houston as: “Lady Xoc's house is the heart/center of Tan-Haʼ Yaxchilan” (p. 107). Lintel 26 shows Shield Jaguar as he prepares for battle.
El Chicozapote lintel 1 has a carved image of a ruler vassal of the king of Yaxchilan Yaxun B'alam IV under the title of sajal (a title given to a ruler subordinate to a larger capital), sitting on a mythological concept known as Witz (mountain) with the figure of a skull. [3]
The earliest carved lintels were created in 723 CE. At the Yaxchilan archaeological site there are fifty-eight lintels with decorative pieces spanning the doorways of major structures. Among the finest Mayan carving to be excavated are three temple door lintels that feature narrative scenes of a queen celebrating the king's anointing by a god. [6]
The ninth known king of Yaxchilan, he reigned in the early 6th century. His glyphic name should probably be read as Joy Bahlam. [96] Kʼinich Tatbʼu Jol II? Yaxchilan Son of Yaxun Bahlam II and Lady Chuwen: 11 February 526 (9.4.11.8.16) 537 537 Yaxchilan? at least two children Lintel 47 (11/13 Feb 526) Temple 12; Lintel 35; The tenth in the ...
It had an alliance with Yaxchilan, in what is now Chiapas state, Mexico, some 40 km up the Usumacinta River. Ceramics show the site was occupied from the mid-7th century BC to 850 AD . Its most impressive period of sculpture and architecture dated from about 608 through 810 , although there is some evidence that Piedras Negras was already a ...
A Vision Serpent, detail of Lintel 15 at the Classical Maya site of Yaxchilan. The Vision Serpent is an important creature in Pre-Columbian Maya mythology, although the term itself is now slowly becoming outdated. The serpent was a very important social and religious symbol, revered by the Maya. Maya mythology describes serpents as being the ...