Yaxchilan - Lintel No 16 -

Description

6 Shots - Panasonic GF7 - DATES : 755/770 Height: 78.80cm; Width: 76.20cm; Depth: 7.00cm DESCRIPTION This lintel depicts Bird Jaguar IV, shield and spear in hand, receiving a bruised and battered captive taken in warfare. The text indicates that the captive was a prominent sublord ( sajal ) of Pay Lakam Chahk, the king of Santa Elena, a small site on the Río San Pedro Martir. From Mexico displayed in the British Museum sources : https://tinyurl.com/kqcrs3r