Image: 2886
File date: 2000-10-16
Caption: Yaxchilán Lintel 17
Description: Maya Limestone 770 AD Yaxchilán Lintel 17. Records the birth of Shield Jaguar II and a bloodletting ceremony by Bird Jaguar and one of his wives, Lady Balam-Ix. 69.2 x 76.2 x 5 cm.. The British Museum, London. Published in The Blood of Kings p. 189
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Photograph by Justin Kerr
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