Palace Tablet C13. (Photo: Mark Van Stone)

The Palenque Emblem Glyph bird is read K'UH(UL)-AJAW-MATWIL-la / k'uhul matwil ajaw / "holy Matwil lord" (David Stuart, personal communication 2000). In the pre-accession name of K'inich K'an Joy Chitam II, the sign is sometimes substituted by phonetic ma-ta (for instance in Palace Tablet E9).