Site: Piedras Negras | Schele Number: 6111 | Description: stela 11, dedicated on august 22, ad 731, shows accession of ruler 4. the ruler sits atop a scaffold framed by a skyband and topped by a celestial bird. a dead sacrificial victim lays across an altar at the bottom register. | Architectural Feature: Stela | Chronological Era: Late Classic | Culture: Maya | Iconographic Features: Cave; Sacrifice; Celestial Bird | Publications: L. Schele and M. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 1986:112, Fig. II.4 | See Also: Schele Photos for "" | |
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