Drawing of Interior Panel from Temple of the Foliated Cross
L. Schele, "Accession Iconography of Chan-Bahlum in the Group of the Cross at Palenque." In Art, Iconography & Dynastic History of Palenque, Part III, Proceedings of Segunda Mesa Redonda de Palenque; 1976: Fig. 10
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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. On the right, a smaller person stands on a shell glyphically identified as the supernatural location "Matawil." At center, a World Tree, embellished with jewels and Maize God heads, grows from a Waterlily Monster. Itzam-Ye (the Celestial Bird) perches atop the tree.
See SD192 and SD193 for detail drawings of the text.