Photo: The Throne of the Jaguar additional marker

Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: January 20, 2017
Caption: The Throne of the Jaguar additional marker
Additional Description: This additional marker has very similar text as the featured marker. It reads:

Trono de los Jaguares
Esta escultura elaborada con roca caliza representa a un jaguar bicéfalo y parece haber sido el asiento de la autoridad real de Uxmal. El jaguar tiene connotaciones simbólicas bélicas y de linaje real y poder dinástico en la imainería maya.

Su ubicación al centro de la segunda plataforma junto con su alineamiento con la entrada principal del palacio confirma la naturaleza real del edificio.

Las exploraciones realizadas entre 1951 y 1952 permitieron su restauración y el descubrimiento de una valiosa ofrenda en su interior que comprende un total de 913 piezas, entre las que destacan cuentas, pectorales y pendientes de jadeíta, vasijas, piedra de cornalina, piedra negra pulida, puntas de lanza, cuchillos de pedernal y navajas de obsidiana.

English:
Jaguar Throne
This sculpture made from limestone represents a two-headed jaguar and seems to have been the seat of the royal authority of Uxmal. The jaguar has symbolic connotations of warfare and royal and dynastic power in Mayan imagery.

Its location at the center of the second platform along with its alignment with the main entrance of the palace confirms the true nature of the building.

Explorations carried out between 1951 and 1952 allowed for the restoration and the discovery of a valuable offering in its interior that includes a total of 913 pieces, among which pectoral and jadeite earrings, vessels, carnelian stone, polished black stone, spearheads, knives of flint and obsidian blades were discovered.
Submitted: April 19, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p380772
File Size: 2.329 Megabytes

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