Madrid Codex: 39b-39b Frame: 1 | Help | ||
Almanac: 39b-39b Frame: 1 | |
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Two deer are pictured. The upper deer is in a splayed position and appears to be floating. It has a scorpion tail in place of its own, which ends in a human hand. This hand is attached to a spear or dart, which is being plunged into the body of the lower deer. Drawing after Villacorta C. and Villacorta (1976:302). | Themes astronomical? -- scorpion tail |
Hieroglyphic Text
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Iconography animal: deerobject: spear or atlatl dart animal: deer object: scorpion tail |
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