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Glyph J15

the resplendent lord   --  Schele, 1988

the resplendent lord   --  Robertson, 1985


Photo: Mark Van Stone   zoom
Drawing: Merle Greene Robertson
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Mark Van Stone (personal communication, 1999) reads this glyph as u-sak-hun-na / "his white headband". This and the previous glyph are a metaphor for the death of K'inich Janahb' Pakal (Pacal the Great).