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WHO'S WHO IN THE CLASSIC MAYA WORLD Peter Mathews |
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| Janab' Pakal "the Elder" A powerful Palenque lord and member of the royal family (died AD 612) | PAL 021 | ||
| Complete List of Text References | |||||||||
| Text | Site: Monument: Text Reference | Date of Monument | Date of Passage | Calendar Round | Julian Date | Event | Named? | Portrayed? | Comments |
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| 1 | PAL: Group IV: Stone Incensario: A8b-A9 | 9.11. 2. 4.19 | 9. 8.14.17. 5 | 8 Chikchan 13 Sotz' | 20 May 608 | Inauguration of subordinate | Y | - | 1 |
| 2 | PAL: Group IV: Stone Incensario: D8b | 9.11. 2. 4.19 | 9. 8.17.10.14 | 8 Ix 12 Muwan | 25 Dec 610 | Inauguration of subordinate | Y | - | 1,2 |
| 3 | PAL: TI, Sarc. Lid Edge: 40-41 | 9.12.11. 5.18 | 9. 8.18.14.11 | 3 Chuwen 4 wayeb’ | 6 Mar 612 | Death | Y | - | |
| 4 | PAL: TI, Sarc. Sides: West 1 | 9.12.11. 5.18 | -- | -- | Ancestral portrait | Y | Y | 3 | |
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| 1 | The subject of these texts must be Janab' Pakal "the Elder" rather than K'inich Janab' Pakal I, who was a young boy and not yet king on the dates in question. | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | The next passage in the Stone Incensario of Group IV dates to three days later, on 9.8.17.10.17 11 Kab'an 15 Muwan (28 December, AD 610). The event seems to be the burial of the king of Santa Elena. Almost certainly, Janab' Pakal "the Elder" was the instigator of an attack that led to his death, and which very likely triggered a disastrous attack on Palenque by Calakmul a few months later. | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | A "Janab' Pakal" is also named (and portrayed) on Pier E of House C and Pier F of House D of the Palace—but these are most likely references to K'inich Janab' Pakal I. | |||||||||||||||||
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