3 dots - Waldeck

Jean-Frédéric Maximilien de Waldeck (1766-1875)

In 1825, he was hired as a hydraulic engineer by an English mining company and went to Mexico. He explored the Pre-Columbian ruins of the country, living in Palenque between May 1832 and July 1833. In 1834, he was hired by Lord Kingsborough to travel to Uxmal and make drawings and architectural reconstructions. In 1838, Waldeck published Voyage pittoresque et archéologique dans la province d'Yucatan pendant les années 1834 et 1836 (Paris), a volume of illustrations of Mérida, Yucatán and Maya ruins, including those at Uxmal.

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Site: Palenque, pg 10

Schele Number: 152 & 153

Description: east panel, temple of the inscriptions. records the accessions of the dynastic history of eight early lords of palenque in the manner of a katun history.

Site: Palenque, pg 10

Schele Number: 154

Description: west panel, temple of the inscriptions. the text continues from the central panel (sd153) with the history of k'inich janaab pakal, projecting anniversaries of his birth and death into the distant past and future and recording major events in the history of his reign. the text was apparently finished by pakal's son k'inich kan b'alam ii, as it records pakal's death and kan b'alam ii's accession.

Site: Palenque, pg 11

Schele Number: 172

Site: Palenque, pg 11

Schele Number: 173

Vase of the Seven Gods by Justin Kerr 1984

Site: Palenque, pg 10

Schele Number: 156, 22064, 26024

Description: inscription on a jade bead recovered from the cross group. the text records the ending of the 5th tun (9.13.5.0.0) a dedication phrase.

Site: Palenque, pg 11

Schele Number: 170

Schele: 22036 Palenque

Schele: 22054 Palenque

Schele: 22051 Palenque

Hebrew Vowel Diacritics

Stela from Piedras Negras

Site: Palenque, pg 11

Schele Number: 171

Description: panel from the temple of the sun. both text and image rest on a double-headed band decorated with earth symbols.

Site: Palenque, pg 11

Schele Number: 172

Description: panel, temple of the foliated cross (image and flanking text panels). at left, k'inich kan b'alam ii stands on a flowering witz ("mountain") while holding a jester god figurine.