prev - home - index - next This wonderfully preserved stone disc belongs in the category known as ballcourt markers, which were set in ballcourt floors. The motif is, of course, a ballplayer in the act of hitting a ball with his hip and the text recounts the date of dedication of the ballcourt it was set in. Chinkultic disc Maya Late Classic (600-900 A.D.) Chinkultic, State of Chiapas Limestone 56 cm. (diameter) x 13 cm. (thickness) National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico. Photo © Jorge Pérez de Lara |
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