Text, Lintel
European Museums, The British MuseumLintel 25. Maya, about 725 A.D. On the second lintel from Structure 23 at Yaxchilan, the sacrificial offering of blood conjures up a visionary manifestation of Yat-Balam, founding ancestor of the dynasty of Yaxchilan. In the guise of a warrior grasping a spear and shield, this ancestral spirit emerges from the gaping front jaws of a huge double-headed serpent rearing above Lady Xoc. She gazes upward at the apparition she has brought forth.
A cross inside a circle on a Mayan lintel
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four-pointed cross
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725 A.D.
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