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Both event clauses precede  the date on which they took place. We think that this system of recording is parallelled in the Tablet of the Foliated Cross, M17-O5, where we find:




M17-O1   2.9.6.4    D.N. Add to...

N2     'birth'
(9.10.2.6.6  2 Cimi 19 Zotz')
...(birth date) to reach N5-O5

O2-O4   'accession / title? /
Lord Chan-Bahlum / Palenque'

N5-O5   (9.12.11.12.10) 8 Oc 3 Kayab
(accession date)

Drawing by Linda Schele from The Sculpture of Palenque , Vol. IV.

continued

* PARI editor's note: Though not material, there are very slight differences between Schele's drawing on this page and figure 10.


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