Accession No
1962.233 E
Description
Small axe made from red-brown stone; incomplete. Truncated lens cross-section with one side flat, the other is semi-rounded. Curved butt end and cutting edge; the latter now incomplete.
Place
Americas; North America; Mexico; Chiapas; Ixtelja; Tulija River
Period
?Classic ?Maya
Source
Thompson, John Eric Sydney (Dr, Sir) [donor]; Autie, W. [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
57mm
Events
Context (Analysis)
From Catalogue card: 'probably weathered lava'.
Event Date
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones
Context (Analysis)
I have pencilled in '?cf. Stevens coll. Z.' on catalogue card.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Geoffrey Bushnell recorded the 'Finder's note' on the catalogue card: 'Found on a small table-land overlooking the Tulija River, a few km. above Ixtalja (on a line between Tumbala and Palenque. Ixtalja is over the ridge from Cuctiepa, the site of some unexplored ruins).'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
See catalogue card for drawings of objects.
Event Date 1962
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Miniature celt, red-brown in colour. Incomplete
Event Date 1962
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Small axe made from red-brown stone; incomplete. Truncated lens cross-section with one side flat, the other is semi-rounded. Curved butt end and cutting edge; the latter now incomplete.
Event Date 18/3/2025
Author: Elia Quijano Quinones
FM:326026
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