Link to enlarge Masculine head from Palenque Chiapas after Michel Zabé WHO'S WHO IN THE CLASSIC MAYA WORLD
Peter Mathews
K'an Joy Chitam I    An early king of Palenque (born AD 490, ruled AD 529-565)PAL 005

Also Known As
Personaje W3Berlin 1959
Topic 7Berlin 1965; Kelley 1976
Kan-XulLounsbury 1974
HokGreene Robertson et al. 1976
Kan-dolor-de-muelasBerlin 1977
Kan-Xul ISchele 1978, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1986a, 1987; Greene Robertson 1983
'Kan Xul' IKelley 1985
Kan Xul ISchele and Freidel 1990; Bassie-Sweet 1991, 1996
K'an-Hok'-Chitam IMathews 1991; Schele and Mathews 1993, 1998
K'an Xul Ide la Garza 1992
K'an Hokde la Garza 1992
K'an Hoy Chitam IDrew 1999; Bernal 2000

Other Names and Titles
Despite the relatively large number of references to K'an Joy Chitam I, few additional names and titles are known for him. Texts 3, 7, and 10 name him with the Palenque emblem glyph. Text 3 probably recorded another title immediately following the emblem glyph, but the glyph is weathered. Text 2 records no additional titles, but says that the event occurred at Toktan. The other text references to K'an Joy Chitam I either record no additional titles, or are weathered, or are implied references.



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