The top hieroglyph has the head of a turtle (AHK in Mayan) which accounts for the first syllable in the name of Palenque ruler Ahkal Mo' Nahb III. The macaw beak to the right of the turtle's head provides the MO', while the waterlilly blossom on top is read as NAB'. (The glyphic elements just below the turtle's head are phonetic "la", linguistically reversed to make the "al" in Ahkal. See the complete explanation by Project epigrapher David Stuart.) The Palenque emblem glyph below identifies the ruler as a "Holy Palenque Lord".