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The fourth ruler of Palenque was born on July 6, 465 ( - coincidentally a major period ending, at the exact halfway point of the twenty-years between and He acceded 36 years later. Ahkal Mo' Nahb' I is the first Palenque ruler for whom we have a date of death as well as birth and accession. He was just over 59 when he died. Ahkal Mo' Nahb' I and the two other Palenque rulers who bore his name have been variously referred to as Akul Anab, Chaacal, Cauac-Uinal, and Chaac. And the name could change again as the hieroglyphics experts and linguists make further advances.