Text from Lintel 25

Artist
Linda Schele
Medium
Photocopied glyphs cut out and pasted onto white paper; last glyph of second phrase inked on
Object Dimensions
11 1/2 x 9 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-4035
Annotations
YAX L 25
Bibliography

Schele, Linda, and David A. Freidel. 1990. A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.: 188, Plate 63b

Freidel, David A., Linda Schele, and Joy Parker. 1993. Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path. New York: W. Morrow: 308, Fig. 7:15

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Site Found
Yaxchilan
Chronological Period
Late Classic
Culture
Maya
Subject Type
Lintel
Subject Institution/ Collection
The British Museum, London, England
Description

Text from Lintel 25 reversed from monument to read left to right. Inscription begins with date 5 Imix 4 Mac (October 23, AD 681) and records bloodletting and manifesting of supernatural by Shield Jaguar and his wife Lady Xoc.

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