Glyph Q1 Blood Lord of Palenque   --  Schele, 1988 Ahau of Palenque   --  Robertson, 1985

Photo: Mark Van Stone   zoom Drawing: Merle Greene Robertson

Robert Wald (1999) has read the "wavy bone" variant of the Palenque emblem glyph as k'uh-ahaw-bak-wa / k'uh[ul] bak ahaw / "holy Palenque lord". In ancient times the kingdom of Palenque was known as Bak, or "Bone".