Illustration for BOK Depicting a Rabbit Scribe and Tikal MT 53

Autor
Linda Schele
Material
Ink on white paper
Dimensiones de Objeto
11 1/2 x 9 in
Colección de Objeto
La Colección de Dibujos de Linda Schele
Numero de Objeto
SD-3539
Anotaciónes
verso: BOK Fig. 16 & 17, a. Rabbit Scribe from the Princeton Pot, b. Tikal MT 53; reverse: Introduction Fig. 0.15
Bibliografía

Schele, Linda, and David A. Freidel. 1990. A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.: 40, Figs. 16 & 17

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Sitio Encontrado
Tikal
Región Geográfica
Guatemala
Región Cronológico
Late Classic
Cultura
Maya
Material de Sujeto
Ceramic, Bone
Categoría de Sujecto
Cylinder vase; Incised bone
Institución o Colección de Sujeto
Museo Morley, Parque Nacional Tikal, Guatemala
Procedencia
Temple 1 (Structre 5D-1), Great Plaza
Descripción

Detail of a rabbit scribe writing in a codex from a cylinder vase and a hand holding a paintbrush emerging from the open jaw of a Vision serpent on an incised bone from Burial 116, Tikal.

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