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The monument dates to 514 and depicts the king Knot-eye Jaguar I. [69] This stela is the earliest known from Yaxchilan. [16] Stela 27 is particularly notable because it was obviously damaged in antiquity and subsequently restored in the Late Classic, with substantial reworking in the lower third of the stela dating to the time of Bird Jaguar IV ...
His Stela 31 was originally erected in 445 but was later broken from its butt ... The lintel shows Yaxun Bahlam IV of Yaxchilan, with a captive. Lintel 2 9.16.15.0.0 ...
Two monuments at Tikal, Stela 4 and Stela 18, are associated with Yax Nuun Ahiin I. Both stelae depict him in Mexican rather than Mayan attire, demonstrating his Teotihuacano origins. He is also depicted on Stela 31, erected by his son Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II , as a Teotihuacano warrior with a plated helmet, spearthrower, and square shield ...
Stela 31 was entombed above the remains of Siyaj Chan K'awiil II during the third phase of construction, when it was moved to a new resting place within the second phase shrine. [7] The monument consists of the upper two-thirds of the original stela, which was broken prior to being re-erected in its new location. [ 19 ]
The son of K’inich Yo’nal Ahk I, Ruler 2 continued his father's military conquests, and in 662, was victorious over Santa Elena, which is commemorated in Stela 35. [1] Panel 15 celebrates the capture of an unknown polity and an unknown captive, which was issued by Ruler 2's son after his death. [ 11 ]
Lady Kʼabʼal Xook [kʼaɓal ʃoːk] or Lady Xoc (died 742), was a Maya Queen consort of Yaxchilan. She was the principal wife and aunt of King Itzamnaaj Bahlam III, who ruled the prominent kingdom of Yaxchilan from 681 to 742. She is believed by many to have been the sister of Lady Pacal.
[N 2] [1] He was a son of his predecessor Yax Nuun Ahiin I and Lady Kʼinich, and a grandson of Spearthrower Owl. Stela 31, erected during his reign, describes the death of his grandfather in 439; other monuments associated with Sihyaj Chan Kʼawiil II are Stelae 1 and possibly Stelae 28.
Excavations indicate that the stela and altar were moved by inhabitants of the area during the Postclassic period (AD 900–1525). [16] Tikal Group 4D-2 possessed two monuments that were suggestive of a badly damaged twin-pyramid group. [25] Tikal Group 5E-Sub.1 was discovered during excavations of an overlying ballcourt in 1965 by Christopher ...