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Stock photography picture of Detail of 8th Century Stucco Tablet, Palenque Museum, Originally from Temple XIX, Palenque Archeological Site, Chiapas, Mexico

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Detail of 8th Century Stucco Tablet, Palenque Museum, Originally from Temple XIX, Palenque Archeological Site, Chiapas, Mexico
Description Detail of Stucco Tablet 8th Century AD on display in Palenque Museum. Originally from Temple XIX, Palenque Archeological Site, Chiapas State, Mexico. The person depicted is U Pakal K'inich son of the ajaw Ahkal Mo Nahb III He carries an incense bag and wears the aquatic bird mask. The text records three ceremonies that happened in 709, 711 and 714 AD when he was still a teenager U Pakal K'inich inherited the throne after his father's death, an event that ocurred between 736 and 742 AD
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