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Location: Monument 2 was discovered by Stirling during the 1938-39 field season "close to the arroyo on an artificially elevated area [Structure 46] lying to the east of the Burnt Mounds" (Stirling 1943:17). Monument 2 is presently half buried in the earthen floor of the same private house on the outskirts of Tres Zapotes where Stela E is in use as a stepping stone.
Associations: None recorded.
Condition: The upper edge broken away on all four sides.
Photographs: Present report, Plate 10; Stirling 1943: Plate 7a.
Drawings: None.
References: Stirling 1943.
Carved Areas: None.
Material: This monument was not tested by Williams. However, there is nothing about it to suggest that its material is any different than that of Monument 1.
Dimensions: Outside 125 cm, x 69 cm, Inside 113 cm, x 59 cm, Side thickness 41 cm.
Description: Monument 2 is a plain rectangular stone box with flaring sides.
Remarks: This sculpture may have been carved to fit Monument 3, an elaborately carved rectangular stone box with flaring sides.
