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Palenque, State Chiapas, México: Museo A. R. Lhuillier Temple XIX: Throne dais, relief panel (detail) Late Classic (600-900 AD) 736 AD, Ŧ K'inich Ahkal Mo' Naab III (721-736 AD) |
Comments: K'inich Ankal Mo' Naab (Great Sun Turtle Macaw Sea) III receives a royal Jester God headband (the "crown" of Maya rulership and the essential symbol of the status ajaw, "ruler") from a liege lord Janaab Ajaw. The new ruler strikes a pose and gesture of the power. |
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