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<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>: Lintel 24, structure 23, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yaxchilan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yaxchilan (page does not exist)">Yaxchilan</a>.
The sculpture depicts a sacred <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blood-letting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blood-letting (page does not exist)">blood-letting</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human_sacrifice&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Human sacrifice (page does not exist)">human sacrifice</a> which took place on <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=26_October&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="26 October (page does not exist)">26 October</a> or <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=28_October&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="28 October (page does not exist)">28 October</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=709&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="709 (page does not exist)">709</a>. King "Shield Jaguar" is shown holding a torch, while Queen "Lady Xoc" draws a barbed rope or a rope studded with <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Obsidian" title="Obsidian">obsidian</a> blades through her <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pierced_tongue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pierced tongue (page does not exist)">pierced tongue</a>. It dates from around <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=725&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="725 (page does not exist)">725</a>. See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lintel_24,_Yaxchilan" class="extiw" title="w:Lintel 24, Yaxchilan">w:Lintel 24, Yaxchilan</a>.Licensing
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| current | 05:59, 8 January 2017 | | 480 × 640 (193 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <div class="description"> <p><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>: Lintel 24, structure 23, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yaxchilan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yaxchilan (page does not exist)">Yaxchilan</a>. </p> The sculpture depicts a sacred <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blood-letting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blood-letting (page does not exist)">blood-letting</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human_sacrifice&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Human sacrifice (page does not exist)">human sacrifice</a> which took place on <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=26_October&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="26 October (page does not exist)">26 October</a> or <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=28_October&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="28 October (page does not exist)">28 October</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=709&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="709 (page does not exist)">709</a>. King "Shield Jaguar" is shown holding a torch, while Queen "Lady Xoc" draws a barbed rope or a rope studded with <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Obsidian" title="Obsidian">obsidian</a> blades through her <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pierced_tongue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pierced tongue (page does not exist)">pierced tongue</a>. It dates from around <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=725&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="725 (page does not exist)">725</a>. See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lintel_24,_Yaxchilan" class="extiw" title="w:Lintel 24, Yaxchilan">w:Lintel 24, Yaxchilan</a>.</div> |
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