 This portrayal of political succession tells us much about Early Classic Maya culture.The Motmot Capstone is an inscribed stone that was placed over a tomb under Structure 10L-26.Its face was finely sculpted with portraits of the first two kings of the Copán dynasty, K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' and K'inich Popol Hol, facing towards each other with a double column of hieroglyphs between them, all contained within a quatrefoil frame.