| Object Name: | Lid of the Tomb of Pakal |
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| Creation Date: | 200-900 AD | |
| Culture: | Classic Maya | |
| Site: | Palenque, Chiapas | |
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| Image source: | Photograph by Merle Green-Robertson | |
| The associations on the lid of Pakal's tomb is clear, for Pakal is reclining on the mask of the sun god, the mask part skeletal so as to mark the transition from life to death, and together they are consumed by the open jaws of the earth. | ||
