Art Institute of Chicago
Hieroglyphic Altar
Late Classic Maya
- Date
- 650–700
- Medium
- Limestone
- Culture
- Bonampak
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
This altar depicts the head and torso of an individual wearing an ornate headdress and a large, woven mat pectoral emblem of rulership. He appears within a four-lobed cartouche, suggesting that he is a deceased ancestor who lives in the Underworld. The hieroglyphs that surround the figure describe the commemoration of a monument or structure; the text carved around the sides of the monument celebrate a successor’s completion of six years of kingship.
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- Object type
- AAT300301253
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