Drawing of Six Glyphic Phrases from Palenque Palace House C

Artist
Unsigned
Medium
Pencil on tracing paper
Object Dimensions
11 x 14 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-127
Annotations
North East Corner Palace Hs C ?? panels
Bibliography

Texas Notebook 1992:185L.

Schele, Seventh Palenque Round Table 1994:8, Fig. 7;

M.G. Robertson, The Sculpture of Palenque, Vol. III, 1985: Figs. 335-336

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Site Found
Palenque
Chronological Period
Late Classic
Culture
Maya
Subject Type
Panel, Tablet
Description

Eave panels from House C, Palace. Beginning at left of illustration, panels 1 and 2 are from the southeast corner of structure; panels 3, 4 and the unnumbered fifth are on the northeast corner of building.

Notes or Gallery Text

Janaab Pakal is named in "Fig. 4," following a "sak-nik-nal" phrase. On 6th panel, a CR of 4 Kawak 2 Pax yields 9.11.9.5.19. See SD167 for first five panels; SD425, SD426, SD427, SD429, SD430, SD431 for each individual panel.

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