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Site:  Palenque
Schele Number:  415
Description:  Composite drawing of fragments from north sanctuary jamb, temple of the sun. the image depicts k'an b'alam ii standing front of a witz deity decorated with fire and maize vegetation. k'an b'alam ii holds a staff or lance in his left hand. the text surrounding k'an b'alam ii records mak'ina janaab pakal and lady tz'akbu' ajaw as his parents.
Architectural Feature:  Panel, Tablet
Chronological Era:  Late Classic
Notes:  See also sd 1020, sd 1021,and 1097. corrected version of earlier ls drawing, drawn from casts in british museum of man. lc 9.17.12.5.17
Culture:  Maya
Iconographic Features:  Accession; Witz Deity; Vegetation
Publications:  L. Schele and D. Freidel, A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya 1990:245
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. 12.
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Site:  Yaxchilan
Schele Number:  6215
Description:  Texts relating to bird jaguar iv and lady mut b'alam of hix witz (his wife).
Chronological Era:  Late Classic
Culture:  Maya
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Site:  Uaxactun
Schele Number:  6600
Description:  Colossal stucco mask from group h. the lower band has been interpreted as fish swimming in the primordial sea; the lower mask as the mountain of creation and the upper mask as a human-made snake mountain.
Architectural Feature:  Façade
Chronological Era:  Early Classic
Culture:  Maya
Iconographic Features:  Witz Deity
Publications:  L. Schele and D. Freidel, A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya 1990:138, Fig. 4:7
L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:109, Fig. 13 D. Freidel, L. Schele and J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path, 1993:141, Fig. 3.9
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