Link to enlarge Masculine head from Palenque Chiapas after Michel Zabé WHO'S WHO IN THE CLASSIC MAYA WORLD
Peter Mathews
K'uk' B'alam I    The founder(?) of Palenque's royal line (born AD 397, ruled AD. ca. 431-435[?])PAL 001

Also Known As
Topic 3Berlin 1965
QuetzalKelley 1976
Kuk ISchele 1978, 1986, 1986a; Bassie-Sweet 1991
Bahlum-K'uk' ISchele 1981, 1984, 1987
Bahlum-KukSchele and Freidel 1990
K'uk'- Bahlam IMathews 1991
K'uk' Bahlum [I]de la Garza 1992
Jaguar Quetzalde la Garza 1992
K'uk'-Balam, the FounderSchele and Mathews 1993, 1998
K'uk' BalamDrew 1999
K'uk' Balam IGonzález Cruz and Bernal Romero 2000; Bernal 2000

Other Names and Titles
The Toktan emblem glyph is present in Texts 2, 5, and probably 3 (which is eroded, but has the outlines of an emblem glyph). No other names or titles of K'uk' B'alam I have survived.



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