Fragments from Pozo Moro: Beasts, Battles, Bedrooms and Banquets

The remaining fragments of the carved panels that once covered the Pozo Moro monument include a helmeted hero or god fighting a monster in front of an uprooted tree of life, supported by tridents carried by two smaller figures; a winged figure, possibly a seraph, smelling a lotus flower, a symbol, from the 16th century B.C.E. on, of the survival of the soul in the netherworld; an erotic scene, perhaps representing a sacred marriage and the birth of new life; and a muscular warrior or god bearing a circular shield.