Yaxchilan, Lintel 24 (YAX: Lnt. 24)

Türsturz

Maya Artefact
Bemerkung: Original metadata from the BM: lintel; Am1923,Maud.4; The Yaxchilan Lintels; Lintel 24: Carved limestone lintel, showing a bloodletting ritual performed by the king of Yaxchilan, Shield Jaguar II and his wife, Lady K'ab'al Xook. The king holds a flaming torch over his wife, who is pulling a thorny rope through her tongue. Scrolls of blood can be seen around her mouth. The lintel would have been painted and has traces of red and blue pigment; 723-726 AD; Excavated/Findspot: Yaxchilán, Structure 23 term details; limestone term details; painted; carved; Height: 109 centimetres (tbc); Width: 78 centimetres (tbc); Depth: 6 centimetres (tbc); Curator's comments: "One of a series of three panels from Structure 23 at Yaxchilan, where it was set above the left (south-east) doorway."; On display: G27; Acquisition name: Previous owner/ex-collection: Alfred Percival Maudslay biography; Transferred from: Victoria and Albert Museum; Acquisition date: 1923; Am1923,Maud.4; Additional IDs: 1886 317 (South Kensington Museum No. (Now V&A)); AOA 1886-317 (Compass number), cited from: https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3086874&partId=1

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Maya Image Archive: Projekt "Textdatenbank und Wörterbuch des Klassischen Maya"; Universität Bonn - Abteilung für Altamerikanistik
• Inventarnummer: Am1923,Maud.4
• Material/Technik: Limestone

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Archäologie ; Maya Kultur

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Kultur: Maya
• Ereignis: Fund
• (wo): Yaxchilan (Archaeological Site)
• (Beschreibung): Provenienz

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• Letzte Aktualisierung: 05.03.2025, 16:09 MEZ