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Warrior figure
Cylindrical vase
Two-spout bottle with bridge handle
Bowl
Bottle with stirrup handle
Ulama player figurine
Bottle
Anthropomorphic jar
Powerplant
Seated young dignitary
Stars
Whistling bottle with stirrup handle
Painted fabric
Fragment of a small tzompantli
Pair of anthropomorphic vases
Bottle with erotic scene
Bowls
Bottle
Drum
Portrait bottle with stirrup handle
Cylindrical vessel
Childbirth scene
Zoomorphic bottle with spout and bridge handle
A cup
Figure of deity
Warrior figure
Cylindrical vase
Two-spout bottle with bridge handle
Bowl
Bottle with stirrup handle
Ulama player figurine
Bottle
Anthropomorphic jar
Powerplant
Seated young dignitary
Stars
Whistling bottle with stirrup handle
Painted fabric
Fragment of a small tzompantli
Pair of anthropomorphic vases
Bottle with erotic scene
Bowls
Bottle
Drum
Portrait bottle with stirrup handle
Cylindrical vessel
Childbirth scene
Zoomorphic bottle with spout and bridge handle
A cup
Figure of deity

Stars

Anonymous

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International Museum of Ceramics

International Museum of Ceramics

viale Alfredo Baccarini, 19, Faenza

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The stele is decorated with intertwined A and O-shaped motifs that represent the glyph of the year in all Mesoamerican cultures. The glyph of the year is placed on geometric motifs that seem to echo the cephalic ornaments typical of the Zapotec culture and perhaps the glyph "C" of the Zapotec writing. Although, as written in the article on writing, there were different writing systems in Mesoamerica, some glyphs were used with the same meaning by peoples of different languages. It is unclear whether the sound was the same or varied from language to language.
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Title: Stars

Author: Anonymous

Date: 200 - 700 d.C.

Technique: Stone

Displayed in: International Museum of Ceramics

In the Exhibition: Aztecs, Maya, Inca and the cultures of ancient America

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