Stone of the Five Eras

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The Stone of the Five Eras is a monumental Aztec carved disk, often mistakenly called the Aztec calendar, that symbolically depicts the cosmos and successive eras of creation.

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Stone of the Five Eras canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aztec monumental sculpture ⓘ
Mesoamerican ritual object ⓘ
carved stone disk ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Aztec calendar stone ⓘ
linked to: Piedra del Sol

Piedra del Sol ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Tonatiuh ⓘ
civilization Mexica ⓘ
collection National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
creatorCulture Tenochca Mexica ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
culture Aztec civilization ⓘ
linked to: Aztec culture
depicts Aztec cosmos ⓘ
five suns ⓘ
successive eras of creation ⓘ
function cosmological representation ⓘ
ritual symbol ⓘ
iconography cardinal directions ⓘ
central solar face ⓘ
day signs ⓘ
glyphs of previous eras ⓘ
serpents ⓘ
locatedIn Mexico City ⓘ
material basalt ⓘ
misconception often mistakenly called a calendar ⓘ
period Late Postclassic Mesoamerica ⓘ
region Central Mexico ⓘ
religion Aztec religion ⓘ
linked to: Aztec mythology
shape circular disk ⓘ
significance emblematic monument of Aztec art ⓘ
key source for Aztec cosmology ⓘ
subject eras of creation ⓘ
relationship between gods and time ⓘ
structure of the universe ⓘ
theme cosmic renewal ⓘ
cyclical time ⓘ
destruction and recreation of the world ⓘ
useContext ceremonial ⓘ
writingSystem Aztec pictographic glyphs ⓘ

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Piedra del Sol → alsoKnownAs → Stone of the Five Eras ⓘ