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itz' uinic   --  Schele, 1988

(bird-jaguar eclipse title)   --  Robertson, 1985


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Linda Schele (1988) comments: "itz'in is glossed by Barrera as 'younger brother.' It has the same meaning in proto-Cholan. Kan-Xul [K'inich K'an Joy Chitam II] was the younger brother of Chan-Bahlum [Kan Balam II]."