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Maya stelae (singular stela) ... Latest inscribed stela found on the site. [170] Stela 10 9.1.0.0.2 28 August 455 Altar de Sacrificios: Guatemala: Stela 1
Santa Elena Poco Uinic Stela 3 has the Mesoamerican long count date of 9.17.19.13.16 5 K'ib' 14 Ch'en inscribed with a Maya glyph of a total solar eclipse, a unique record in the Maya region. [80] Lord Kan II of Caracol had altar 21 installed in the center of a ball court. It has inscriptions that mark important dates of the accomplishments of ...
The peoples of Nim Li Punit are thought to have spoken a dialect of the Cholan language, commonly spoken in the Maya heartland. Evidence from carved stelae document that the site was active in the period 721 to 790 AD, based upon actual Maya calendar dates inscribed on at least six different stones.
A total of 11 inscribed stelae were found in this group, 9 of them at or on the buildings around the North Plaza. [24] Among those found on the plaza is Stela 2 with the latest inscribed date at the site (November 30, 849 A.D.). [27] Structure A-I had 3 stelas on it, including Stela 1 after which the site was named. [28]
Tulum Stela 1 is the name of a Mayan engraved monolith that was found at the ancient Mesoamerican site of Tulum in Mexico. Known for its important inscription, the stela was purchased by the British Museum in 1924.
The funerary stele of Thraseas and Euandria, c. 365 BC Steles have also been used to publish laws and decrees, to record a ruler's exploits and honors, to mark sacred territories or mortgaged properties, as territorial markers, as the boundary steles of Akhenaton at Amarna, [4] or to commemorate military victories. [5]
Of the stelae that might have been inscribed, one is a soft limestone monument. [ 7 ] The history of research at the site includes more than eight years of intensive investigations within the Minanha Epicenter 1999-2005, 2010, and continuing today. [ 2 ]
The upper side of the stela depicts king Bird Jaguar IV and his father. [39] The figures and the accompanying hieroglyphic panel are very well preserved. [39] There are various dates inscribed on the stela with the earliest being 741. [39] The stela is broken into two parts. [39] Stela 18 dates from some time after 723. [22]