Stela 31, Tikal

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    Stela 31 was dedicated in 445 AD as the accession monument of Siyaj
    Chan K'awiil II, also bearing two portraits of his father, Yax Nuun Ayiin,
    as a youth dressed as a Teotihuacan warrior with a spearthrower in
    one hand and a shield with the face of Tlaloc, the Teotihuacan war god.

 


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Stuart, David. Some Working Notes on theText of Tikal Stela 31, Maya Decipherment, April 21, 2011.