GO COPAK 



Altar Q. (Plates XC. to XCIII.) 



[Compare Stephens's ' Central America,' vol. i. pp. 140-142.] 



About 4 feet 8 inches square, and 2 feet 5 inches high. 



This altar stands a few feet south of Stela P and is cut out of a single block of stone. 

 Plates XC. and XCI. give photographs of the four sides, and Plate XCII. a drawing 

 made from the cast and photographs. 



The design on the sides of the monument is very similar to that on the step taken 

 from temple No. 11, figured on Plate VIII. In this case there are sixteen figures, 

 each seated cross-legged on a glyph — ten of them looking to the right and six to the 

 left. With the exceptions of the figures Nos. 11 and 16 (that is, the first and last of 

 those looking to the left), each figure holds in its hand the same object mentioned on 

 page 46, and which can be seen in the hands of figures in Plates VIII. and XLVI. 



The object in the hand of the figure No. 11 is probably meant to represent a torch. 



On the top of the altar is an inscription numbering 36 glyphs. A drawing of this 

 inscription and a photograph of the cast is given on Plate XCIII. 



Altar Pt. (Plate XCIV., a.) 



Measures 3 feet 4 inches by 2 feet 8 inches, and 1 foot 2 inches in height. 



On one side of this altar a death's head is carved in rather bold relief; on the other 

 three sides is a hieroglyphic inscription. The top is unornamented. The drawing on 

 Plate XCIV., «, is from the original sculpture now exhibited at the South Kensington 

 Museum. 



Altar S. (Plate XCIV., b.) 



Measures 2 feet 1 inch by 2 feet 7 inches, and 11 inches in height. 



This altar was found on the summit of the mound No. 29, near the site of the 

 modern village. The drawing of the inscriptions on the four sides was made from a 

 plaster cast. 



Altar T. (Plates XCV. and XCVI.) 



Height from 2 feet to 2 feet 6 inches. 



Length of sides : — North 5 feet 8 inches, south 6 feet 3 inches, west 4 feet 5 inches, 

 east 4 feet 2 inches. 



This altar, which is somewhat irregular in shape, stands on what may now be called 

 the Village Green (see illustration on page 10). On the top of the altar is carved an 



