Hieroglyphic Inscription from Tablet Y

Hieroglyphic Inscription from Tablet Y

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Hieroglyphic Inscription from Tablet Y
CultureMaya
Titles
  • Hieroglyphic Inscription from Tablet Y
Date692 AD
PlacePomoná, Tabasco, Mexico
MediumLimestone with traces of paint
Dimensions64.38: 29 x 18 1/2 in. (73.7 x 47 cm)
 64.39: 22 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. (57.8 x 42.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number64.38-64.39
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
Provenance[Ricardo Hecht Ochoa, Mexico City, until 1964]; purchased by MFAH, 1964.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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