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On 9.3.13.15.7 10 Manik (top left glpyh) 15 Ch'en (top right), Ahkal Mo' Nahb' supervised the accession to office of a K'an Tok lord. The accession verb features the "flat hand" in the middle glyph on the left. The bottom glyph on the right reads K'AN-to-ko wa-WE'-la, the first part being K'an Tok and the second being the as-yet-undeciphered title of these subsidiary lords. Based on the work of David Stuart, Marc Zender (2000) translates WE' as "to eat bread-like foods (i.e. tamales)". He suggests (personal communication, 2001) that the K'an Tok lords may have been officiants at feasting rituals of the sort that Dorie Reents-Budet (2000) has documented as an important aspect of Maya court life. |