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Title
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Del Inga Vinpillai Castigos de Advlteras
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Description
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This chapter is dedicated to discussing the justice and punishment systems of the Inca Empire. The author discusses five methods of punishment in detail, and this image represents the third punishment. This image depicts the punishment for adultery in the Inca Empire: death by stoning. The author explains that the capital punishment would be received by both the man and the woman participating in the adulterous act, and their bodies would not be buried, but rather given to wild animals. If a woman or a man was raped, the rapist would receive the capital punishment and the person who was raped would receive a non-lethal punishment. This image depicts a naked man and woman on the left side of the image being stoned to death by the two officials on the right. The word huacoc [adulterer] is written at the top of the image to describe the events. The word huacoc haplla [violent adulterer] is written above the naked man’s head and the words huchaymi yncallay [it is my fault my Inca] are being spoken by the naked man. The words uanuy auca [die enemy] are being spoken by the man holding the stones. There are words written above the stone that the man is holding which reads quillis chachi ynca [a tribe in the valley of Anta].
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Image Creator
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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
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Identifier
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mta:20475
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Source Name
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El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
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Image
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Subject
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Stoning
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Punishment
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Justice
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Adultery
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Inca Empire
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Inca
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Indigenous
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Indigenous Peoples
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Death
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