The text carved on one of the long sides of the lintel was visible to the viewer, while the sculpted narrative was below; this disposition; the image below and text on the visible front side was widely used in the Mayan area. The lintel depicts two supernatural entities sitting in profile, staring face to face and by the movement of their hands, talking. The figure on the left is a male deity, with a square eye, one of the physical traits that identified the gods and supernatural beings. This character wears a headdress knotted at the front, a circular earring, a beaded necklace tied and hanging down the back and a short skirt. Alongside his mouth we see a scroll, which is semantically interpreted as speech. The speech scroll is well identified in cultures of central Mexico and is also recognized in some Mayan representations, although it is less common.
The figure on the right is the moon goddess. Her hair is cut at the top; a circular earring and a beaded necklace tied and hanging down the back, a distinctive design of the Classic period. She also shows a speech scroll, like her listener and is gesturing with one of her hands, which indicates that they are talking. The goddess has, on one of her arms, the sign of brightness indicative of the gods. Also, she is shown carrying her main attribute; a U-shaped semicircle that crosses and comes out under her left arm and which corresponds to the glyph uh “moon”.
This sign is recognizable in representations of supernatural character of the late Classic period and is seen in the 2 of Bonampak, in which a dignitary emulating the sun god of the underworld is holding the rabbit, a being largely related to the moon, within the U-shaped Moon sign. Also, we find in classic vessels the representations of the Moon goddess with its distinctive sign. Thus, in the glass in the catalog of Justin Kerr K504, we see that the Moon goddess is sitting next to another supernatural entity on a royal bench and in front of a Mayan dignitary carrying glasses of cocoa, as if it were a court scene. However, the presence of the two supernatural characters interacting with the Mayan ruler converts the scene into an event of mythological and supernatural character. Perhaps, this very thing, to associate it with a supernatural event, was what the character who ordered the sculpture of this monument intended, mentioned in the text that occupies the side of the lintel as K’awiil Tok.
The text carved on one of the long sides of the lintel was visible to the viewer, while the sculpted narrative was below; this disposition; the image below and text on the visible front side was widely used in the Mayan area. The lintel depicts two supernatural entities sitting in profile, staring face to face and by the movement of their hands, talking. The figure on the left is a male deity, with a square eye, one of the physical traits that identified the gods and supernatural beings. This character wears a headdress knotted at the front, a circular earring, a beaded necklace tied and hanging down the back and a short skirt. Alongside his mouth we see a scroll, which is semantically interpreted as speech. The speech scroll is well identified in cultures of central Mexico and is also recognized in some Mayan representations, although it is less common.
