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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 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-HaŹ¼ Yaxchilan” (p. 107). Lintel 26 shows Shield Jaguar as he prepares for battle.
Lintel 24 was found in its original context alongside Lintels 25 and 26 in Structure 23 of Yaxchilan. Alfred Maudslay had the lintel cut from the ceiling of a side entrance in 1882 and shipped to Great Britain where it remains today in the British Museum of London. Lintel 25 made the journey in 1883. Lintel 26 was discovered in 1897 by Teobert ...
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]
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 ...
Lintels, spanning doorways or jambs. Particularly Yaxchilan is renowned for its long series of lintels in deep relief, some of the most famous of which show meetings with ancestors or, perhaps, local deities. [18] Panels and tablets, set in the walls and piers of buildings and the sides of platforms.
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Serpent is an important creature in Pre-Columbian Maya mythology, although the term itself is now slowly becoming outdated.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 ...
Lintel 24 at Yaxchilan, depicting Lady Xoc drawing a barbed rope through her tongue. Ritualized bloodletting was typically performed by elites, settlement leaders, and religious figures (e.g., shamans) within contexts visible to the public.