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Location: Monument 5 was discovered by Stirling during the 1938-39 field season in the east side of the Hueyapan arroyo just east of the burnt mounds.
Associations: Drucker dug Trench 26 on the west bank of the arroyo in the hope that such a trench could provide a terminus ante quem for the carving of the bedrock sculpture on the east bank (Drucker, 1943b:31-34). Unfortunately, his efforts proved inconclusive.
Condition: Not recorded. The carving was under a meter of water in "the abnormally dry season of 1940" (op. ct.) and it has not been visible during any of my visits.
Photographs: None.
Drawings: Present report, Figure 16; Stirling 1943: Figure 5
References: Stirling 1943; Coe 1957; de la Fuente 1973.
Material: Bedrock.
Dimensions: Tablet height 182 cm, Tablet width 152 cm, Depth of carving 6 cm.
Description: Monument 4 is a bedrock carving consisting of a raised panel with a brief text in relief. The text is a "T" shaped glyph with a dot-bar six above, all carved in the bedrock of the arroyo. The text probably records a S.R. date 6 Ik.
The position of the numerical dot, above the numerical bar, is typical of Maya numeration. The absence of a cartouche around the day sign, while unusual, also occurs in a number of Early Maya texts.
Remarks: Stirling, who discovered this bedrock carving apparently did not believe that it was an Olmec carving, since he later asserts "In the southern Veracruz-northern Tabasco region, there are no known examples of Olmec art on natural rock exposures," (Stirling 1965:720).
