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ID: 700000072
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000072
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1
Structure 33 (temple (building); unknown Mayan, for King Yaxun Balam (Mayan ruler, flourished...; completed by 770 CE (Late Clas...)
Note: Located in: Central Acropolis, Yaxchilán, Mexico; 300016619 The function of Structure 33 is uncertain; it has relatively little interior space, but is placed at the top of the hill, as an apparent symbol of the status of the king.
Titles:
Structure 33 (preferred,C,U,English-P,,N)
Structure Thirty-three (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Temple 33 (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Building 33 (C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
temple (building) [300007595] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings)
ruin [300008057]
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by condition>)
palace [300005734]
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by occupants>, official residences)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)
Pre-Columbian art
Mesoamerican art

Creation Date: completed by 770 CE (Late Classic Lowland Maya)

Creator Display:
unknown Mayan, for King Yaxun Balam (Mayan ruler, flourished 752-770) [preferred,VP]
architects unknown Maya (Mayan cultural designation) [500125283]
patron Bird Jaguar IV (Mayan ruler, 709-770 ) [500312917]
Locations:
Yaxchilán [7007224] Chiapas (state), Mexico (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Address Note: 16°54′N 90°58′W
Display Materials: stone
stone (worked rock) [300011176]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

Dimensions: unavailable
Cultures:
Mayan (Maya) (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Lowland Maya area periods [300017099] (preferred,N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The, Pre-Columbian (American), <Pre-Columbian Middle American styles and periods>, Mesoamerican, <Mesoamerican regional styles and periods>, <Maya area styles and periods>)

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)
religion and mythology (purpose)

Specific Subjects:
royal residences [300343603]
.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by occupants>, official residences) (AAT)
worship [300056005]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>, religious concepts) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Hieroglyphic inscriptions surround carvings on the roof comb, stairs, and elsewhere.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures
Sources and Contributors:
Structure 33........ [VP,BWR]
........ CDWA online (1995-) accessed 18 October 2010
........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3746108
........ Miller, Maya Art and Architecture (1999)
Structure Thirty-three........ [VP]
........ CDWA online (1995-) accessed 18 October 2010
Temple 33........ [VP]
........ Miller, Maya Art and Architecture (1999)
Building 33........ [VP]
........ CDWA online (1995-) accessed 18 October 2010
Subject: ....... [VP,BWR]
....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3746108
....................... BWR-10 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)
....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3746108
....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 35344
....................... ARTstor: Bryn Mawr (2010-) Delta-U-011
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Miller, Maya Art and Architecture (1999) 46
..... BWR database (2010-)
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