Site: Palenque | Schele Number: 175 | Description: West sanctuary jamb from the temple of the cross. k'inich kan b'alam ii wears an elaborate costume that includes a skeletalized bird backrack. he holds a quadripartite badge, personified perforator, in his right hand. the text in the upper right names kan b'alam ii as the child of k'inich janaab pakal. | Current Location: Palenque, Temple Of The Cross | Architectural Feature: Panel, Tablet | Chronological Era: Late Classic | Notes: The text above the panel reads wak chan ahaw ("six sky lord") u-k'ul kaba ("its holy name") u-ku-nu-il ("his seat") ah-? ("he of ?"). for panel from east sanctuary jamb see sd176. | Culture: Maya | Iconographic Features: Accession; Quadripartite Badge | Publications: L. Schele, "Accession Iconography of Chan-Bahlum in the Group of the Cross at Palenque." In Art, Iconography & Dynastic History of Palenque, Part III, Proceedings of Segunda Mesa Redonda de Palenque; 1976:Fig. 6 Notebook for the XVIth Maya Hieroglyphic Writing Workshop:194 M. Cohodas, "Iconography of the Panels of the Sun, Cross, and the Foliated Cross at Palenque: Part III." In Art, Iconography & Dynastic History of Palenque, Part III, Proceedings of Segunda Mesa Redonda de Palenque; 1976:163, Fig. 4 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. 2 D. Freidel, L. Schele, J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand years on the Shaman's Path, 1993:74-75 | See Also: Schele Photos for "ahaw" | |
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