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The Yaxchilan Lintels. Lintel 24. Structure 23. Carved limestone lintel. Depiction of a bloodletting ritual performed by the king of Yaxchilan, Shield Jaguar II and his wife, Lady K'ab'al Xook. The king holds a flaming torch over his wife, who is pulling a thorny rope through her tongue. Scrolls of blood can be seen around her mouth. Classic Maya. 723-726. Limestone. Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico. British Museum. London, England, United Kingdom.

The Yaxchilan Lintels. Lintel 24. Structure 23. Carved limestone lintel. Depiction of a bloodletting ritual performed by the king of Yaxchilan, Shield Jaguar II and his wife, Lady K'ab'al Xook. The king holds a flaming torch over his wife, who is pulling a thorny rope through her tongue. Scrolls of blood can be seen around her mouth. Classic Maya. 723-726. Limestone. Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico. British Museum. London, England, United Kingdom.
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The Yaxchilan Lintels. Lintel 24. Structure 23. Carved limestone lintel. Depiction of a bloodletting ritual performed by the king of Yaxchilan, Shield Jaguar II and his wife, Lady K'ab'al Xook. The king holds a flaming torch over his wife, who is pulling a thorny rope through her tongue. Scrolls of blood can be seen around her mouth. Classic Maya. 723-726. Limestone. Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico. British Museum. London, England, United Kingdom.
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Keywords:
723-726 • 8TH CENTURY • ALPHABET • AMERICA • AMERICAN CONTINENT • AMERICAN INDIANS: MAYA • AMERICAN • AMERICANS • AMERICAS • ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE OF YAXCHILAN • ART • BAS-RELIEF • BELIEFS • BLOOD • BOODLETTING • CARVED • CEREMONIAL • CEREMONY • CHIAPAS • CITY OF LONDON • CLASSIC MAYA • CULT • CULT, MAYA • DEDICATION • EIGHTH CENTURY • EMBOSSED • EPIGRAPH • EPITAPH • FLAMBEAU • HIEROGLYPH • INSCRIPTION • JAGUAR II • JAGUAR • KING • LADY K'AB'AL XOOK • LADY KABAL XOOK • LEGEND • LIMESTONE • LINTEL 24 • LINTEL • LONDON • MAYA CIVILIZATION • MAYA CLASSIC PERIOD • MAYA CULTURE • MAYA • MAYAN • MAYANS • MAYAS • MESOAMERICA • MESOAMERICAN • MEXICAN • MEXICO • OBSERVANCE • OFFERING • OLD OLD OLD OLD STORY SEASON • OUNCE (ANIMAL) • PANEL • PRE-COLUMBIAN ART • PRE-HISPANIC • PRECOLONIAL • REGISTRATION • RELIEF • RELIEVE • RELIGION • RITE • RITUAL • ROCK • ROCKY • ROPE • SACRIFICE • SANGUINE • SCENE • SCRIPT • SCULPTED • SCULPTURE • SHIELD JAGUAR II • STAGE • STONE • STONES • STRUCTURE 23 • TEOTIHUACAN • THEATER • THEATRE • THROUGH ROPE • TORCH • WRITING • XOC • YAXCHILAN LINTELS • YAXCHILAN LINTELS, THE • YAXCHILAN