The coffin ensemble of Taditjaina consists of an outer coffin (inventory no. 150a; approx. 76 x 193 x 73 cm) and an inner one (inventory no. 150b; approx. 43 x 173 x 48 cm). They are possibly from the Theban necropolis, and date back to the beginning of the 26th Dynasty (approx. 664–525 B.C.). Both coffins perfectly fit into one another. The two coffins and the mummy of lady Taditjaina were a gift to the Württembergian royal house from the German consul to Alexandria, Mr. von Dumreicher, between 1820 and 1830. They were later given to the University of Tübingen in 1911. The wooden coffins are white stuccoed, and have polychrome scenes, painted red, black, blue, dark green and yellow. The inscriptions of the coffins contain various scenes and texts from the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead—a guide for the afterlife. The texts should guarantee the continued existence and provision of Taditjaina, the lady of the house, the noble one, in the Netherworld.

(inventory no. 150a–b)

Coffin Ensemble of Taditjaina

Marble portrait head of Alexander the Great: the head was cut to fit into a separately made body. The surface is in good condition with only minor abrasions. The back of the head has been worked to receive the remainder of the hair, which was probably made of another material, such as stucco or plaster.

COL: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1872-0515-1

Made by Daniel Pett from 57 in gallery photographs using a Sony A600 and photoscan.

© The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence.

Alexander

3D scan of the decoration in the cornice of the central dome of the Natural History Museum Vienna. It shows fruit tendrils with pomegranates, figs and other elements.

**Object**:  Cornice Decorations of the upper dome

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna (contact: Stefanie Jovanović-Kruspel)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by V. Winkler & A. Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo. 

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/)

Stucco decoration of the cornice zone

3D scan of the vault decoration in the central dome of the Natural History Museum Vienna. It shows a lion head on the apex of the vault as well as tendril motifs in the spandrels. 

**Object**:  Vault and Spandrel decorations

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna (contact: Stefanie Jovanović-Kruspel)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by V. Winkler & A. Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo. 

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/)

Stucco decoration of the upper dome

*EN*

**Polychrome wood carving (14th-15th century).**

Originally from the Church of Santa María de Tábara and currently on display in the permanent collection of the Zamora Museum (Spain).
I created this model from an incomplete and low-quality photogrammetry image. I processed it with Reality Capture and had to discard the texture of the original model due to the poor lighting quality. I then used Blender to complete the parts of the sculpture that were not captured (mainly the back). Next, in ZBrush, I sculpted the reconstructed parts and integrated them with the original photogrammetry. Finally, I recreated the texture with Substance 3D Painter, reproducing the current state of the piece. The deterioration of the polychrome layer and the damaged stucco layer reveal the wood beneath in some areas.


*ES*

**Talla en madera policromada (S XIV-XV).**

Proveniente de la Iglesia de Santa María de Tábara y actualmente expuesta en la colección permanente del Museo de Zamora.

San Sebastián Polychrome Wood Carving

3D scan of the vault decoration in the central dome of the Natural History Museum Vienna. 

**Object**:  Geometric stucco ornaments in the vaults of the upper dome

**Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna (contact: Stefanie Jovanović-Kruspel)

Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en).

Scanned and edited by V. Winkler & A. Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo. 

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/)

Fragmentary sculpture worked in modeled stucco, corresponding to the lower half of an anthropomorphic face. It exhibits a pinkish coloration and a mouth with full lips, slightly open and showing the teeth. The nasal septum, cheeks, and chin are clearly defined.
 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.1043
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 251

Fragment of anthropomorphic face in stucco

Stuccoed flowerpot-style vase, polychrome, decorated with circles and volute elements in white, pink, red, yellow, and black over an orange slip. Possible from the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. 
 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0603
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 319

Narrow necked jar with stucco decoration

A powerful Stylized House, inspired by Southern Moroccan architecture. Featuring earthy ochre-toned stucco walls, intricate dark metal grates on recessed windows with distinctive tiled awnings, and a richly carved wooden entrance door. The building boasts a textured stone foundation, a rooftop terrace with an ornate wooden balustrade, and subtle vertical decorative patterns along its sides. Crafted with AI and optimized for real-time use, this Tier I asset is ideal for Game environments. Perfect for stylized exteriors, infrastructure nodes, or lore-rich overlays. Shared freely to empower creators and celebrate open-access artistry.

Stylized House – Tier I

A high-relief stone object from the World Patterns series, built as a Mesoamerican stepped temple disc. 

This  version combines a 9-tier square pyramid, talud-tablero profiling, four cardinal staircases, an apex temple, four satellite platforms, a ball court, and a sunken ceremonial plaza. 

The terrace risers are carved with a step-fret greca pattern, while the surface is modulated with subtle stone grain, fault-like texture, and weathering logic.

This object was not hand-sculpted, but generated through a mathematical and procedural pipeline, with its form emerging from geometric rules, layered relief fields, and structured parameter systems. 

The palette is limited to basalt, jade, cinnabar, and stucco tones, giving the piece the feel of a carved relic rather than a polished monument. 

Mesh: 72,050 vertices, 144,096 faces, closed manifold, χ = 2.

Generated by PAPP Framework

Mesoamerican Step-Fret Temple Key | PAPP

A powerful Stylized House, inspired by North African urban architecture. Features include characteristic sun-baked pink stucco walls, contrasted with raw, robust exposed brickwork on one facade. The building boasts a functional multi-level flat roof, typical for North African urban dwellings, and windows protected by elegant wrought-iron security grilles with integrated canopies. Crafted with AI and optimized for real-time use, this Tier I asset is ideal for Game environments. Perfect for stylized exteriors, infrastructure nodes, or lore-rich overlays. Shared freely to empower creators and celebrate open-access artistry.

Small tripod bowl with an anthropomorphic head applied to the rim, conical spike decoration on the body, and incised designs on the base. Traces of blue pigment and stucco are preserved.
 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 16.2.5.0122
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 265

Bowl

Brown bowl with convex walls, coated with pink stucco. The exterior surface features relief decoration depicting a celestial bird, accompanied by phytomorphic elements (plants) and serpent details.
 IDAEH Cultural Property No.1.2.144.0259
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 247

Bowl with Celestial Bird Deity

A powerful Stylized Building, inspired by North African urban architecture. Characterized by its warm, earthy tones of pinkish-orange stucco, the robust exposed brickwork on one side contrasts with the smoothly plastered facade. Multiple windows are adorned with rustic metal grilles and protective tiled awnings, while a large ground-floor garage door and an adjacent entry add to its urban utility. Crafted with AI and optimized for real-time use, this Tier I asset is ideal for Game environments. Perfect for stylized exteriors, infrastructure nodes, or lore-rich overlays. Shared freely to empower creators and celebrate open-access artistry.

Stylized Building – Tier I

Polychrome stuccoed vase in florero style, with a divergent rim and flat base. The vessel is decorated with horizontal parallel stucco bands painted in white, pale yellow, and gray over an orange slip. NAA of the paste indicates the Guatemalan Pacific Coast as the place of origin or manufacture.

IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0419

www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 293

Lot with two (2) round ear ornaments made of Spondylus princeps shell, with a natural red edge and decorated with four irregular jade fragments on the border. In the center, a tubular jade ornament, made with mosaic technique, surrounded by a band made of turquoise and jade pieces. On the back, a round hole in the center. Remains of stucco.

IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.159.0106
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 287

Ornate Ear Ornaments

A powerful Stylized House, inspired by Moroccan architecture. Its distinct earthen tones and textured stucco walls evoke the warmth of North African dwellings. Small, deeply recessed windows protected by ornate metal grilles offer security and privacy, while the flat roof and multi-layered facade create a unique, compact silhouette. Crafted with AI and optimized for real-time use, this Tier I asset is ideal for Game environments. Perfect for stylized exteriors, infrastructure nodes, or lore-rich overlays. Shared freely to empower creators and celebrate open-access artistry.

Small bowl with lid, stuccoed and polychromed, the interior of which contains powdered red pigment. The vessel is round and decorated with blue, white and pink stucco. In the central part of the body it has a horizontal band with relief designs of human faces in profile, abstract figures and what could be phytomorphic motifs (leaves and vegetation). The lid is round and flattened with a knob-shaped handle in the shape of a head, wearing a headband decorated with incisions, his hair tied up and back, and round earflares. This vessel may have been used by a painter or scribe.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 11.2.179.0200
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made using Artec Space Spider

Maya pigment container

Tetrapod bowl with divergent walls and a concave base. It features mammiform supports with perforations and rattle elements. The surface is decorated with two spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyii) modeled in relief, placed on opposite sides of the vessel, with arms and legs extended in an ascending posture, as if climbing the wall of the vessel. The ceramic is orange in color with Usulután-style decoration, but it was later covered with polychrome stucco (green, red, black, white, and yellow), a tradition that began at Kaminaljuyú during the Early Classic period. The stucco decoration displays geometric figures and volutes. The vessel and its original ceramic decoration date to the Late Preclassic period.  
 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.1010
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made using Artec Leo

Bowl l with Spider Monkey Relief Decoration

A two-chambered polyglobular ocarina with a connecting tube and two tone holes or shutters (one in each globular chamber). It has traces of orange and black paint and what appears to be stucco. Rodens et al. (2013) classify it as a polyglobular flute (p. 138).

 IDAEH Cultural Property No.  16.2.5.0933
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made using Artec Space Spider

Ocarina

Stuccoed anthropomorphic skull, apparently female, that has teeth in both jaws and a complete cochlea. The skull is covered in stucco which was modeled to show a face with feline features, with open eyes, a prominent nose, open mouth and modeled ears. It is probably a jaguar, given the supernatural importance of such animal in Mayan culture. This piece was analyzed with the Carbon 14 test which dated it to the 16th century, just before the time of the Contact with the Europeans.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0488
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 497

Cranium covered in stucco

Polychrome stuccoed bowl (white, blue-green, yellow, and dark orange) with divergent walls and a slightly convex base. The surface is decorated with a white horizontal band beneath the rim, followed by representations of three birds, possibly parrots or quetzals, shown in profile and painted in blue-green, white, and yellow against a dark orange background.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.179.0013
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 405

Stuccoed Bowl Depicting Birds

A powerful Stylized House, inspired by North African architecture. This asset features distinct earthy-toned stucco textures, simple blocky forms, and small, recessed windows adorned with intricate metal grates. The functional flat roof includes a partially enclosed terrace with a railing, reflecting common regional design elements. Crafted with AI and optimized for real-time use, this Tier I asset is ideal for Game environments. Perfect for stylized exteriors, infrastructure nodes, or lore-rich overlays. Shared freely to empower creators and celebrate open-access artistry.

Polychrome bowl or dish with divergent walls and a flat base. The decoration consists of a stucco base decorated with a horizontal red band below the rim, followed by a horizontal row of eight small skulls in right profile, painted in red, white, and green on a black background. Each skull features a wavy design around the eye and jaw, with an open mouth showing the teeth.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0403
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 252

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