 It portrays the king as the elderly Maya maize god and has imagery that seems to deliberately parallel the tomb lid of the Palenque king K'inich Janaab' Pakal, probably because of Yax Pasaj Chan Yopaat's close family ties to that city.The text of the column formed part of a longer text carved onto the interior walls of the temple and may describe the downfall of the Copán dynasty.Stela 12 was erected outside of the site core by Smoke Imix in AD 652.