| Object Name: | Lintel 24 |
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| Creation Date: | 200-900 AD | |
| Culture: | Maya | |
| Site: | Yaxchilan, Chiapas | |
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| Repository: | British Museum, London | |
| Image source: | Photo by Dr. Manuel Aguilar | |
| This lintel, considered one of the great masterpieces of Maya art, was removed from the left door of structure 23 at Yaxchilan. The scene depicts a bloodletting rite that took place on 9.13.17.15.12-5Eb 15 Mac, or October 28, 709 A. D. | ||
