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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: January 20, 2017
Caption: An additional Pillory Shrine Marker
Additional Description: This additional marker is some meters from the featured marker. It reads:

Adoratorio de la Picota
Consiste en un basamento cuadrada en cuyo centro está enclavado un monolito de forma cilíndrica, que parece haber estado recubierto de estuco y pintado con motivos ornamentales y jeroglíficos. También se conoce como poste de flagelación, pero es más probable que sea un altar en forma de columna que representa a la yaxche, o ceiba, común en la región Puuc, aunque ésta es de mayores dimensiones. En algunas ocasiones se ha sugerido que se trata de un monumento fálico en posición de fertilizara la madre tierra, aunque no hay evidencia contundente para esta identificación.

Es muy probable que la elaboración de este adoratorio corresponda con la construcción del Palacio del Gobernador.

English:
The Pillory Shrine
It consists of a square base with a cylindrical monolith located in the center which appears to have been covered with stucco and painted with decorative motifs and hieroglyphics. Also known as a whipping post but more likely to be an altar in the form of a column that represents a yaxche, or ceiba, common in the Puuc region, although its dimensions are larger. It has been suggested that this is a phallic monument in position to fertilize mother earth although there is no compelling evidence for it to be identified as such.

It is likely that the development of this place of worship corresponds to the construction of the Governor’s Palace.
Submitted: April 19, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p380776
File Size: 2.351 Megabytes

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