4007 x 6022 px | 33,9 x 51 cm | 13,4 x 20,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2 luglio 2019
Altre informazioni:
Madrid. Spain. Mayan stone relief from the throne of King Pakal, aka Estela de Madrid (Stela of Madrid), from Palenque, Mexico. Classical late period 600-900 AD. Museo de América (Museum of the Americas). Inv. 2.608 Translation of museum description: Leg of the throne of King Pacal extracted by Captain Antonio del Rio in 1787 from one of the elongated rooms of the Central Courtyard, or SE, of the Palenque Palace, according to the same narration in his report of the excavations he illustrates with a series of drawings, conserving two manuscripts in the Museum of Natural Sciences and in the Academy of History and the complete series of drawings in the library of the Royal Palace of Madrid. Traditionally called Estela de Madrid, the leg has a carving with the image of a Bacab, the Bacabs are gods who, according to Mayan mythology, held the celestial vault above the earth. In this case, the god, identified by the net that holds his hair, is sitting on the head of an Imix monster, whose forehead has been replaced by an aquatic symbol, and holds a nenufar, royalty symbol with his raised hand. Very common in Mayan representations. On the Bacab's chin a fine line of points appears that may be due to scarification or the remains of a blood rite. On one side is an inscription consisting of six glyphic blocks that refer to an identified person as King Pacal's mother, known as Mrs. K'uk '.
