Holy Lord of Palenque

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Holy Lord of Palenque is the royal epithet used for the ancient Maya ruler Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I, who presided over the city-state of Palenque during its political and cultural peak.

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Holy Lord of Palenque canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya royal title
royal epithet
appearsIn Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions
appearsOn Temple of the Inscriptions inscriptions
monuments of Palenque
appliedTo Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
associatedDynasty Palenque royal dynasty
associatedWithCity Palenque
associatedWithPolity Palenque city-state
linked to: Palenque polity
culture Maya civilization
denotesStatus holy king of Palenque
supreme ruler of Palenque
function expression of divine kingship
royal honorific
languageContext Classic Maya
linkedTo cultural florescence of Palenque
political peak of Palenque
politicalConnotation sovereign authority
refersTo Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
region Chiapas
Mesoamerica
religiousConnotation sacred authority
semanticField holiness
kingship
lordship
timePeriod Classic period of Maya civilization
titleHolder Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
usedBy Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
usedDuring reign of Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
usedInContextOf Maya divine kingship ideology
courtly ideology of Palenque

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I title Holy Lord of Palenque
Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II title Holy Lord of Palenque
Kʼinich Kʼan Joy Chitam II title Holy Lord of Palenque