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Summary

Mexica: Aztec sun stone   wikidata:Q786806  reasonator:Q786806
Artist
English: Anonymous Mexica artist
Español: Artista mexica anónimo
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
English: Aztec Sun Stone
Español: Piedra del Sol
Object type sculpture  Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Sculpture depicting the Mexica deity Tonatiuh
Español: Escultura que representa a la deidad mexica Tonatiuh
Date between circa 1250 and circa 1521
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1521-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium carving over basalt
Dimensions thickness: 120 cm (47.2 in); diameter: 360 cm (11.8 ft)
dimensions QS:P2610,120U174728
dimensions QS:P2386,360U174728
institution QS:P195,Q524249
Current location
Sala Mexica
Object location
19° 25′ 34″ N, 99° 11′ 15″ W  Edit this at Structured Data on Commons  Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info
Place of creation México-Tenochtitlan
Place of discovery
English: Plaza de la Constitución, Mexico City
Español: Plaza de la Constitución, Ciudad de México
Object history Place of discovery: Mexico City. Date: 1791
Exhibition history
Español: Costado poniente de la Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México (1791-1885)

Galería de Monolitos del Museo Nacional (1885-1964)

Museo Nacional de Antropología (1964 a la fecha)
English: Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral (1791-1885)

Gallery of Monoliths of the National Museum (1885-1964)

National Museum of Anthropology (1964 a la fecha)
Authority file
Source/Photographer Own work
Description
English: Piedra del Sol, exhibited at the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City.
Español: Piedra del Sol, exhibida en el Museo Nacional de Antropología, Ciudad de México.
Date
Source Own work
Author Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata

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Mayan Sun Stone, at National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, Mexico.

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Aztec sun stone

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