Pictured from left to right are the British epigrapher Simon Martin, Kristaan Villela (who presented a paper at the conference), filmmaker Andrew Weeks, Werner Siefer of Focus Magazin (in orange shirt), German epigrapher Nikolai Grube, George St. Clair of the Palenque Project (standing), and Kirk Straight, operation supervisor of the Temple XIX dig. The "bench" itself is in the foreground. (In his groundbreaking interpretation of its inscriptions at the Round Table, Project epigrapher David Stuart said that he is most comfortable referring to it as a "platform".) (Photo: Joel Skidmore.)