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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: August 7, 2017
Caption: Photo of a sacrifice left at the Temple of Ehécatl
Additional Description: This photo is from the small site museum at Tlatelolco. It reads:

Entre los años de 1454 a 1458 las ciudades mexicas sufrieron una enorme sequía, que los obligó a buscar el auxilio de sus dioses, así, ofrendaron mujeres e infantes en sacrificio a los dioses de la lluvia, Tláloc, Chalchiuhtlicue, los tlaloques y en Tlatelolco, dedicaron a Ehécatl dios del viento más de 54 ofrendas y 41 sujetos en sacrificio, para que intercediera por ellos.
Los mexicas tlatelolcas ofrendaron representaciones de sus principales deidades, así como objetos asociados a su culto, como las vasijas asa de estribo, platos, cajetes y copas. Las navajas descubiertas en la Ofrenda 18, fueron extraídas de un solo núcleo de obsidiana lo que comprueba que un especialista las fabricó mientras se llevaban a cabo los ceremoniales pidiéndole al dios del Viento que trajera las lluvias.
Foto: Salvador Guilliem Arroyo

English translation:
During the period from 1454 to 1458 the Mexican cities suffered a great drought that forced them to seek the aid of their gods. They offered women and infants in sacrifice to the rain gods Tláloc, Chalchiuhtlicue and the Tlaloques, and in Tlatelolco they dedicated to Ehécatl, god of the wind, more than 54 offerings and 41 subjects in sacrifice for his intercession for them. The Mexica Tlatelolcas offered representations of their main deities, as well as objects associated with its worship, like vessels with stirrup-shaped handles, plates, bowls and glasses. The knives discovered in Offering 18 were extracted from a single obsidian core which proves that a specialist fabricated them while ceremonies were being carried out, asking the Wind God to bring the rains.
Photograph by Salvador Guilliem Arroyo
Submitted: August 12, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p394036
File Size: 1.442 Megabytes

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