Site: Yaxchilan | Schele Number: 6218 | Description: Temple side image, stela 11 depicting bird jaguar standing inside a corbeled arch frame, his captives squeezed under the lintel in front of him and bound together like those of the kimbell panel. bird jaguar is dressed as chac-xib-chac and holds our god k with his left hand, as if the god were his ax. | Hieroglyph: Yes | Architectural Feature: Stela | Chronological Era: Late Classic | Notes: A.d. 755 | Culture: Maya | Publications: L. Schele and M. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 1986:214, Fig. V.5a
L. Schele And D. Freidel, A Forest Of Kings: The Untold Story Of The Ancient Maya 1990:86, Fig. 2:12; 284, Fig. 7:8 | See Also: Schele Photos for "stela" | |
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