| Object Name: | Reconstruction drawing of Tablet of the Sun |
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| Creation Date: | 200-900 AD | |
| Culture: | Classic Maya | |
| Site: | Palenque, Chiapas | |
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| Image source: | Photo by Dr. Manuel Aguilar | |
| The images of war and death sacrifice in the Sun Temple tablet are sustained aloft by a throne with bleeding Jaguar heads emerging from one axis, and bleeding dragons from the other. These bleeding heads represent decapitation sacrifice. The throne and its burden of war rest on the shoulders of God L and another aged god from the Otherworld. Both are bent over like captives under the feet of victorious warrior kings. | ||
