Heinrick Berlin (1959 and 1970) and George Kubler (1969 and 1972) were perhaps the first to identify 'name glyphs' of rulers at Palenque. Kubler (1969: 20-22) identifies the glyph group T74.184.624a or b * as the name of a ruler whom he calls "Sunshield", and correctly suggests that his birthdate was 9.8.9.13.0 8 Ahau 13 Pop in the Maya Long Count, and his death is 9.12.11.5.18 6 Etz'nab 11 Yax.continued
 
* Note: throughout this paper we shall use the Thompson (1962) system of transcription of Maya hieroglyphs. |
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