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SIDE VIEW OF THE MONUMENT CALLED STELA K 



The hieroglyphic inscription shown here records the date 9.18. 15.0.0.3 Ahau, 3 Yax of 

 Maya chronology, or approximately 535 A. D. Stela K was the last of the great monuments 

 to be erected at Quirigua, the following hotun. or 5-year period (540 A. D.) being marked 

 by the erection of Temple A. 



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