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Glyph J13

Pacal   --  Schele, 1988

Pacal   --  Robertson, 1985


Photo: Mark Van Stone   zoom
Drawing: Merle Greene Robertson
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This glyph, part of the name of K'inich Janahb' Pakal (Pacal the Great), is read pa-ka-la / pakal / "shield".