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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: January 17, 2017
Caption: The additional "The Palace of the Sculpted Columns" Marker
Additional Description:
Palacio de las Columnas Esculpidas
Sección de la fachada superior del edificio localizada de manera ordenada durante el proceso de excavación, lo cual nos permite tener un ejemplo de la decoración original. Representa un personaje importante que pudiera ser un gobernante sentado sobre una banda celeste que surge de las fauces de una serpiente; como parte de su decoración se encuentran grecas y celosías característicos del estilo Puuc.

Nojoch najil le t’óoja’an ka’anal wa’ala’an tuunicho’obo’.
Kúuchilil le ka’anal táanil le naja jkaxta’ab tsotsola’an ichil u páanilil le kúuchila’, lelo’ ku páajtal u ye’esik to’or bix u yáax jats’utsil ka’achij. Ku ye’esik juntúul ka’anal miaats máak mii Jalach wiinik kulukbal yóok’ol jump’éel ch’oj ba’al ku jóok’ol tu chi’ juntúu ka’an; je’ex u jats’utsile’ ku yiia’al juntsóol jats’utskino’ob’ u k’aaba’e greceas yéetel celosías jach yano’ob tu betpajlil Pu’uk.

Palace of the Sculptured Columns.
Section of the building´s upper facade located by orderly means during the excavation process, which provided us with an example of the original decoration. It represents an important personaje who might be a ruler seated on a skyband emerging from the mouth of a serpent; as part of its decoration, there are frets and latticework characteristic of the Puuc style.
Submitted: March 11, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p377002
File Size: 2.321 Megabytes

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