Site: Altar De Sacrificios | Schele Number: 4019 | Description: text from polychrome cylinder vessel 58-104, known as the altar vase, recovered with burial 96, structure a-iii, period 4, op. 58(h)3. this glyphic text identifies each of the characters as way ("supernatural animal companion") | Artifact: | Chronological Era: Late Classic | Culture: Maya | Object Size: 18 h x 11.5 cm dia | Publications: A.L. Smith, Excavations at Altar de Sacrificios, Peabody Papers 62, No. 2, 1972:259 R.E.W. Adams, The Ceramics of Altar de Sacrificios, Peabody Papers 63, No. 1, 1971 L. Schele and D. Freidel, A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya 1990:83, Fig. 2.24 | See Also: Schele Photos for "" | |
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