Link to enlarge Masculine head from Palenque Chiapas after Michel Zabé WHO'S WHO IN THE CLASSIC MAYA WORLD
Peter Mathews
B'utz'aj Sak Chik    An early king of Palenque (born AD 459, ruled AD 487-ca.501)PAL 003

Also Known As
Topic 5Berlin 1965
ManikSchele 1978, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1986a, 1987; Schele and Freidel 1990; Mathews 1991; Bassie-Sweet 1991
Zac Manikde la Garza 1992
Sak-ChikSchele and Mathews 1993
Butz'ah-Sak-ChikSchele and Mathews 1998
Butz'ah Sak ChikDrew 1999
B'utz'aj Sak Chi'ikBoot 2000
Buts'ah Sak ChiikBernal 2000
B'utz'aj Sak ChiikMartin and Grube 2000
Butz'aj Sak ChiikGrube, Martin, and Zender 2002

Other Names and Titles
Neither of the two existing examples of B'utz'aj Sak Chik's name (Texts 1 and 3) lists any additional titles (in Text 2 B'utz'aj Sak Chik's name is implied but not recorded). B'utz'aj Sak Chik is alone among Palenque rulers in not having any emblem glyph associated with his name.



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