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Stone vessel with reclining figure

Stone vessel with carved reclining figure and hieroglyphs. The reclining man wears the hat of a blowgunner and can therefore be identified as one of the divine hero twins of the Classic Maya. Such stone vessels are very rare. The last two glyphs can be read as CHAN-KALO'MTE' AYIIN, which presumably tells us the name and title of the noble owner. The glyph CHAN provides a possible reference to Jaina as a place, as this glyph (with the possible translations: heaven, serpent or four) is part of Jaina's emblem glyph.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Stone vessel
Dimensions
Gewicht: 0,4 kg
Objektmaß: 10 x 14 x 13 cm
Material/Technique
Alabaster
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 50145

Provenance and sources

when
Early classical period
where
Guatemala
who
Maya

who
Dr. Claus Pelling - Former Possessors

Description
Donation on 17 November 2004

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