| Site: Palenque | | Schele Number: 150 | | Description: Panel from temple xiv, with enlarged details of captions surrounding figures. k'inich kan b'alam ii, wearing giii attributes, dances on a register marked with water iconography. the kneeling female is probably lady tz'akb'u ajaw, kan b'alam ii's mother; she offers a k'awiil manikin. | | Hieroglyph: Yes | | Architectural Feature: Panel, Tablet | | Chronological Era: Late Classic | | Notes: The text first mentions giii in the first part of the text; it then leaps forward to historical time, describing an event by members of the palenque triad and k'inich kan b'alam ii. | | Culture: Maya | | Iconographic Features: God Giii, Jaguar God Of Underworld; Music, Dance; God Gii, God K, K'awiil; Water, Underworld; God Gi, Hunal-ye | Publications: Maya Iconography 1980:300
L. Schele And M. Miller, The Blood Of Kings: Dynasty And Ritual In Maya Art 1986:272, Fig. VII.2 | |
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