Description (Labels & Markings)
Labelled: 'D top east'.
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins

Context (References)
(Bib): Maudslay, Alfred Percival. 1899. Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. R.H. Porter and Dulau and Co.: London. vol II pl. 25.
Event Date 15/7/2016
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
On his visit, on 15th July 2016, Dr Christian Prager from the Univeritat Bonn explained the context of this section of the stela. See description field for this information.

This section of cast comes from, what Maudslay titled, Stela D east side (see Bib).
Event Date 15/7/2016
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
The Maudslay collection of Central American casts.
'51 plaster casts. Depicting various images copied from structures in Central America including, Mexico and Guatemala.'
Event Date 15/7/2016
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Acquisition Details)
Casts taken by the donor himself from the original sculptures in the buried cities of Guatemala. See 1884 accession register for detailed description.
Event Date 15/7/2016
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
A modern plaster cast of the top section of the east side of Stela D. The glyphs in this section are very large and begin a series of calendrical and astronomical references referring to different day names.
Event Date 15/7/2016
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2022.5523 | Remedial
Event Date 20/12/2022
Author: Kirstie French