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Acropolis at the Main Structure. (See plate 6.) Three others, Altars F’, 
G’, and N’, are just outside the Main Structure, on the plain, to the south, 
southwest, and west respectively. (See plates 3 and 6.) Two, Altars T’ 
and U’, are either at Old Copan (U’, Group 9) or in the immediate vicinity 
(T’, Group 10). (See plate 3.) Shrine R’ is on the hillside south of the river 
and southeast of the Main Structure at Group 7 (see plate 3), and Frag- 
ment Z’ is from a temple at Group 4. (See plate 3.) Since the readings 
suggested are uncertain, they will be described in the order given above, com- 
mencing with the three in the Eastern Court. 
STELA 11. 
Provenance: In the passage leading south from the Eastern Court, 
between Temple 16 and Mound 17 at the Acropolis, 
Main Structure. (See plate 6.) 
Date: g.17.5.0.0 6 Ahau 13 Kayab (?).! 
Text, (a) photograph: Gordon, 1896, plate 8. 
(b) drawing: Maudslay, 1889-1902, vol. 1, plate 112, a-e. 
References: Gordon, 1896, pp. 38, 39. 
Maudslay, 1889-1902, vol. 1 of text, p. 68. 
Spinden, 1913, table 1. 
Stela 11 is a small cylindrical column 1.08 meters high and varying from 
36 cm. to 39 cm. in diameter. It was found during the course of the excava- 
tions in the passage south of the Eastern Court by the First Peabody Museum 
Expedition in 1892. The front and sides are covered with the representation 
of a human figure elaborately clothed. The back is inscribed with two 
columns of glyph-blocks containing 7 each or 14 for the entire text, on the 
basis of which arrangement it may be assigned to Class 6. 
The first glyph, a1, is very clearly 6 or 7 Ahau, and the uncertainty in 
this text arises from the fact that the month corresponding to this day was 
not recorded. The next glyph, Bi, bears a superficial resemblance to Mol, 
but it is not that month, and indeed there are no other decipherable glyphs 
in the inscription. 
The dating of this monument is indeed a difficult task, since at best we 
have the record only of a specified day, which recurred at intervals of every 
260 days. Indeed, even to approximate its position in the Long Count it is 
necessary to rely upon the stylistic criteria. 
The style of Stela 11 is clearly late. This is specially true of the glyphs, 
which are greatly simplified and show a somewhat cursive tendency noted 
in the latest texts at Copan. Another indication of lateness is the Kos 
presence oftheglyphin a2. This sign only occurs in late texts. (See ae ZS | 
Altar Q, B2, and the Reviewing-stand in the Western Court, p10.) CY Ey 
The human figure also shows many late features, the free treatment of 
the face and head-dress, for example. The arrangement of the figure and 
glyph-panel on the block is equally significant. We have seen that the 


1 For other monuments recording this same hotun-ending, see Appendix VIII. 
