Kerr Number: 8665 | Vase Type: Polychrome | Figure Count: 4 | Height: 20 cm | Diameter: 15 cm | Circumference: 47.3 cm | MS Number: | Owner: | School: | Publications: | Calender Round: 13 Ajaw 8 Kej | Site: | Comments: A Ruler with perforator stains paper. A priest offers the bloody paper to an idol. One text says on 13 Ajaw 8 Kej (AD796 or 848) the surface was painted. See vase K1186 for a vase from the same workshop See paper by Martin/Reents on the name of a ruler from Hiix Witz | Iconographic Elements: Inscription - other text, Penis perforator, Ruler, king, cacique, governor, potentate, Self sacrifice, Primary Standard Sequence, Offering to humans or gods, Throne | |
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Photograph by Justin Kerr Added 2003-01-26
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