Taps Coogan – December 1st, 2020

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The following 3D scan shows the Mayan ‘Lintel 16’ at the British Museum.

The scan was created by Devlin Gandy, who describes it as follows:

“This scene was once the lintel f Yaxchilán’s Structure 21. It depicts the ruler Bird Jaguar IV (Yaxun B’alam IV) standing above a recent captive, a prominent sublord ( sajal ) from Pay Lakam Chahk in the year 752 CE. It is uncertain if the captive is being depicted as beaten and bloody, of if a blood letting ceremony is being depicted. Bird Jaguar IV was one of Yaxchilán’s most prolific builders, constructing or remodelling at least a dozen major structures during his reign. The lintel is thought to have been created between 755-770 CE”

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