Site: Palenque | Schele Number: 145 | Description: Reconstructed fragments from panel known as the "tablet of the orator." kneeling figure with flapstaff and bundle of cloth draped over one arm; a hand close to the mouth with a speech scroll leading to hieroglyphic text gives the panel its modern name. text records a bloodletting ritual and a yajawte relationship with k'inich ahkal mo' naab iii. | Current Location: Palenque, Museo De Sitio, Bod. No. 197 | Hieroglyph: Yes | Architectural Feature: Panel, Tablet | Chronological Era: Late Classic | Notes: Originally located on south platform of tower, though this may not have been its original context, see sculpture of palenque 1985 (vol. iii):77. see also sd144. | Culture: Maya | Iconographic Features: Warfare | Publications: L. Schele and P. Mathews, The Bodega of Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico 1979:No. 141 L. Schele, "The Demotion of the Palenque Ruler Chac-Zutz: Lineage Compounds and Subsidiary Lords at Palenque." In Sixth Palenque Round Table, 1986, 1990:10, Fig. 5 L. Schele, "Genealogical Documentation on the Tri-figure Panels at Palenque." In Tercera Mesa Redonda de Palenque 1979:60, Fig. 18a C. Baudez and P. Mathews, "Capture and Sacrifice at Palenque." In Tercera Mesa Redonda de Palenque 1979:38, Fig. 10 E.P. Benson, "Ritual Cloth and Palenque Kings." In Art, Iconography & Dynastic History of Palenque, Part III, Proceedings of Segunda Mesa Redonda de Palenque; 1976:45-58, Fig. 10 | See Also: Schele Photos for "144" | |
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