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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: January 17, 2017
Caption: An additional marker on the southwest corner of the Ossuary.
Additional Description:
El Osario, Mascarones de la esquina Suroeste
Esquina que originalmente se encontraba en lo alto del Osario. Había un total de 16 de estos mascarones, cuatro en cada esquina. Pueden representar dioses de la lluvia (Chaac), a Kukulkán o Itzamná, dioses supremos y patronos de los linajes. Son derivados del Puuc y demuestran ampliamente el sincretismo que practicaban los señores de Chichén Itzá.

Le kúuchil baakelo’obo’. Pix iicho’obil le tu’uk’il nojol-chik’ino’.
Tu’uk yáax ka’ache’ tya’an tu ka’anil le kúuchil baakelilo’. Yaan ka’ach waklajun wa diesiseisil le pix icho’oba’, kamp’éel ti’ junjump’éel ti’its. Ku ye’esiko’ob k’ujilo’ob Cháak, K’u’uk’ul kaan wa Itsamna’, nojoch k’ujo’ob yéetel yuumilo’ob le chi’i’ibalilo’obo’. Ku taalo’ob ti Pu’uk yéetel ku ye’esiko’ob ma’alob bix u yéeyiko’ob ya’ab ba’alo’ob u a jawilo’ob Chi’ ch’e’en itza’.

The Ossuary. Stone masks of the Southeast (sic, Southwest) corner.
Corner which was once located at the top of the Ossuary. There was a total of 16 of these stone masks, four at each corner. They may represent rain gods (Chaac), Kukulkán, or Itzamná, supreme gods and patrons of the lineages. They are derived from the Puuc and fully demonstrate the syncretism that the lords of Chichén Itzá practiced.
Submitted: March 12, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p377172
File Size: 2.610 Megabytes

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