Lady Pacal information

See also Pakal (disambiguation).

Lady Pakal (or Lady Pacal; Mayan Ix Pacal^[1]) was a Maya Queen consort of Yaxchilan in Mexico.^[2]^{[full citation needed]}

It is said that she lived into her sixth k'atun, meaning that she was at least ninety-eight when she died in 705.^[3]^{[page needed]}^[4]^: 122

Her name means "shield".

^ John Ferguson Harris; Stephen K. Stearns (1 January 1997). Understanding Maya Inscriptions: A Hieroglyph Handbook. UPenn Museum of Archaeology. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-0-924171-41-3.
^ Mesoweb
^ Anne Walthall (2008). Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25444-2.
^ Simon Martin; Nikolai Grube (2008). Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-28726-2.

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