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AUSTRIA NOGUEZ, Liliana González. Tomb 3 of the Temple XVIII-A of Palenque and its mural painting. Entrediversidades rev. cienc. soc. humanid. [online]. 2024, vol.21, e202402.  Epub 11-Oct-2024. ISSN 2007-7610.  https://doi.org/10.31644/ed.iei.v21.2024.a02.

Tomb 3 of Temple XVIII-A of Palenque is where the oldest complete burial known to date in this archaeological site was located and, therefore, the most important source to get closer to part of the early history of this city. A man with severe idiopathic scoliosis accompanied by a woman was buried in the chamber. The man had traces of cinnabar in his pelvis for conservative and symbolic purposes. His grave goods consisted of red and black plates and bowls (from the Motiepa complex), jades, shells, a mask, and hatchets from a ceremonial belt. The walls and jambs were decorated with a white stucco background with red figures made with cinnabar. Since the discovery of this tomb, there has been speculation about its possible owner: K’uk B’ahlam (431-435), “Ch’a” (435-487), B’utz’aj Sak Chiik (487- 501) and Ahku’l Mo’ Naahb’ I (501-524) since it has been considered as the model for K’ihnich Janaab’ Pakal to build his own mausoleum in the Temple of the Inscriptions. But the enigma continues since recent radiocarbon tests placed it before all of them (250-420 AD).

Palabras llave : Maya tomb; Pre-Hispanic mural painting; Pre-Hispanic funerary tradition; Mortuary offerings; Red cinnabar; Palenque; Aesthetics and archaeology.

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