Janaab Pakal III,The ruler's name, when transcribed is 6-? ja-na-bi pa-ka-la, translated "6 Death ? Shield". also known as 6 Cimi Pakal, (fl. c.799), was an ''

ajaw Ajaw or Ahau ('Lord') is a pre-Columbian Maya political title attested from epigraphic inscriptions. It is also the name of the 20th day of the ''tzolkʼin'', the Maya divinatory calendar, on which a ruler's ''kʼatun''-ending rituals would fal ...

'' of the

Maya Maya may refer to: Civilizations * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (Ethiopia), a populat ...

city of

Palenque Palenque (; Yucatec Maya language, Yucatec Maya: ), also anciently known in the Itza Language as Lakamhaʼ ("Big Water or Big Waters"), was a Maya city City-state, state in southern Mexico that perished in the 8th century. The Palenque ruins dat ...

. He acceded to the throne in November, 799.These are the dates indicated on the Maya inscriptions in

Mesoamerican Long Count calendar The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar is a non-repeating, vigesimal (base 20) and octodecimal (base 18) calendar used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya. For this reason, it is often known as the May ...

, Acceded: 9.18.9.4.4 7 K'an 17 Muwan. He was probably last ruler of Palenque and his glyph name comes from blackware vase found in the residential quarter of city.

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Rulers of Palenque 8th-century monarchs in North America Year of death unknown 8th century in the Maya civilization {{Mexico-bio-stub