My grandfather told us to NOT remove this when renovating.

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ArcaneHackist on October 13rd, 2019 at 09:56 UTC »

Aztec calendar. Funny thing, I remember a bunch of these a while ago being smuggled over the border and they were made of meth.

SonicPipewrench on October 13rd, 2019 at 11:25 UTC »

It is an Aztec calendar. Funny, I actually own one *just* like this. Made of green mottled jade (?), mounted in a wood frame. About 18" across.

MaximumOrdinary on October 13rd, 2019 at 13:13 UTC »

The Sun Stone, also known as the Aztec Calendar Stone, is a sculpture dedicated to the sun with hieroglyphs of days, months and suns. It was sculpted during the reign of Axayactl, the sixth ruler in the year 1479. An olive basalt monolith, it weighs 24.5 tons and is 3.57 meters in diameter. Museo Nacional de Antropología Mexico City