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K'inich Janaab' Pakal, 603-683

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Personal name headingK'inich Janaab' Pakal, 603-683
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Variant(s)Pakal, Maya king, 603-683
Janaab' Pakal, 603-683
Pacal, 603-683
Associated countryMexico
LocatedPalenque Site (Mexico)
Birth date0603
Death date0683
Profession or occupationMaya ruler
Found inJanaab' Pakal of Palenque, c2006: eCIP t.p. (Janaab' Pakal; Maya ruler) galley (K'inich Janaab' Pakal)
Archaeological sites--Palenque WWW site, Dec. 12, 2005 (Pacal; d. 683 A.D.; in 647 he built the Forgotten Temple)
Palenque Pacal's tomb WWW site, Dec. 12, 2005 (Pakal; b. 603; d. Aug. 31, 683; assumed throne on July 29, 615 A.D. at the age of 12; ruled for 68 years; ruled near the end of the Classic Period (AD 250-900))
Filloy Nadal, L. Costume et insignes d'un gouvernant maya : K'inich Janaab' Pakal de Palenque, 2014
Wikipedia, 20 Feb. 2014: under K'inich Janaab' Pakal (K'inich Janaab' Pakal (March 603 - August 683) was ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque in the Late Classic period of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology; before his name was securely deciphered from extant Maya inscriptions, this ruler had been known by an assortment of nicknames and approximations, including Pakal (or Pacal); in modern sources his name is also sometimes appended with a regnal number; confusingly, he has at times been referred to as either "Pakal I" or "Pakal II")