Lintel 58 Mayan Glyph from Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico in the National Museum of Anthropology Chapultepec Park, Mexico City.

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Lintel 58 Mayan Glyph from Yaxchilan Yaxchilán Chiapas Mexico in the National Museum of Anthropology Chapultepec Park Mexico City Mexico. The carving shows King Bird (Pajaro) Jaguar IV, Chel-te Chaan K'inich Balam. After Shield Jaguar's death his son, Bird Jaguar IV, inherited the throne of Yaxchilán. One of his several wives was Lady First Skull who has been variantly identified as the mother or "uncle" of the throne's successor Chel-te Chaan K'inich B'alam After his accession around the year 769, this new king would assume the ruling name of his predecessor, Shield Jaguar, so that he would become named Itzamnaaj B'alam III. Lintel 58 depicts the lord holding a K'awiil scepter before the lord Great Skull carrying an axe and a solar shield

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Location: Mexico
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