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combats between captives. According to description the 
gladiator stones were pierced by a hole in the center so 
that one or more captives could be bound fast by a rope. 
On the top of the 
Stone of Tizoc is a 
representation of the 
‘Tonatiuh, or sun’s disk, 
much less complex than 
that which we have 
seen on the Calendar 
Stone but with many 
similar parts. On the 
sides of the stone are 
fifteen groups of fig- 
ures, each group rep- 
Fig. 68. Details from the | Tesenting a conqueror 
Stone of Tizoc: a, Huitzilo- and his captive. The 
pochtli, Aztec War God; 6, Ae . : ” 
figures representing a captured victorious soldier 
town; c, name of the captured pears each time in the 
Hy (Tuxpan, place of the rab- euise of the war god, 
Huitzilopochtli, or his 
wizard brother Tezcatlipoca. The left foot of the 
figure ends in two scroll-like objects that may represent 
the humming bird feathers that formed the left foot of 
Huitzilopochth. But Tezcatlipoca also had a de- 
formed foot. Moreover, on the side of the head- 
dress is. a disk with a flame-shaped object coming 
out of it. This may represent the smoking mirror 
of Tezcatlipoca. The captive wears costumes that 
change slightly from one figure to the next. Over the 
head of the captive in each instance is the hieroglyph 
of a captured town or district. 
Nearly all the place name hieroglyphs have been 
deciphered. The list is interesting historically because 
it gives the principal conquests up to the reign of Tizoc. 
