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Tilom    A sajal of La Pasadita, a subordinate center to Yaxchilan (ruled ca. AD 759-771)PSD 001

Complete List of Text References
TextSite: Monument: Text ReferenceDate of MonumentDate of PassageCalendar RoundJulian DateEventNamed?Portrayed?Comments
1PSD:  Lintel 1:  D1-D2 ?? 9.16.  8.  3.18  9  Etz'nab'      11  Yaxk'in10 Jun 759CaptureYY1,2
2PSD:  Lintel 2:  CB4-B5 ?? 9.16.15.  0.  0  7  Ajaw           18  Pop15 Feb 766Period-endingYY3
3COL:  Unknown Location, Lintel:  B1?-B2 9.17.  0.16.  1  ? 9.17.  0.16.  1  9  Imix            14  Pax  7 Dec 771DanceYY4
4COL:  New York City, Lintel:  F1-F2 ?? -- --Royal audienceYY5
5PSD:  Structure 1, Room 2:  Mural ?? ?? ??Royal audience?Y6
Comments  
  1 Lintel 1 was looted from Structure 1 of La Pasadita, where its sawn-off carcass still lies. It is now in the Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin.
  2 The date 9.16.8.3.18 9 Etz'nab' 11 Yaxk'in is also recorded (almost certainly) on Yaxchilan Hieroglyphic Stairway 1-VI (glyphs 70-71). The accompanying passage talks about Yaxun B'alam IV's capture of Jal Chik (the subject of the main text on La Pasadita Lintel 1 also) but Tilom does not appear to be mentioned.
  3 This lintel, now in the Rijsmuseum voor Volkenkunde in Leiden, has been designated La Pasadita Lintel 2. It was looted from Structure 1 at La Pasadita, where its sawn-off carcass was found in 1971 by Ian Graham.
  4 This lintel is now in an unknown collection, but almost certainly was looted from the site of La Pasadita or perhaps another nearby site ruled by Tilom.
  5 This lintel is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, but on epigraphic grounds came from La Pasadita or a nearby site. Since the principal figure is Chelte' Chan K'inich Itzamnaj B'alam IV of Yaxchilan, we can infer that the scene dates to his reign (ca. AD 769-800?)
  6 The murals of Structure 1 of La Pasadita portray several individuals, including one scene which (to judge from his distinctive profile) portrays Yaxun B’alam IV of Yaxchilan in a royal audience scene. It is very likely, given the context, that the individual facing him is none other than Tilom.



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