 N , west of Temple III .   Stela 18 was one of two stelae erected by Yax Nuun Ayiin I to celebrate the k 'atun @-@ ending of AD 396 . It was re @-@ erected at the base of Temple 34 , his funerary shrine .   Stela 19 was dedicated in 790 by Yax Nuun Ayiin II .   Stela 20 was found in Complex P , in Group H , and was moved to the Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología in Guatemala City .   Stela 21 was dedicated in 736 by Yik 'in Chan K 'awiil . Only the bottom of the stela is intact , the rest having been mutilated in ancient times . The surviving sculpture is of fine quality , consisting of the feet of a figure and of accompanying hieroglyphic text . The stela is associated with Altar 9 and is located in front of Temple VI .   Stela 22 was dedicated in 771 by Yax Nuun Ayiin II in the northern enclosure of Group Q , a twin @-@ pyramid complex . The face of the figure on the stela has been mutilated .   Stela 23 was broken in antiquity and was re @-@ erected in a residential complex . The defaced portrait on the monument is that of the so @-@ called " Lady of Tikal " , a daughter of Chak Tok Ich 'aak II who became queen at the age of six but never ruled in her own right , being paired with male co @-@ rulers . It dates to the early 6th century .   Stela 24 was erected at the foot of Temple 3 in 810 , accompanied by Altar 7 . Both were broken into fragments in ancient times , although the name of Dark Sun survives on three fragments .   Stela 26 was found in the summit shrine of Temple 34 , underneath a broken masonry altar . The monument had originally been erected at the base of the temple during the Early Classic period and was later broken , probably at the beginning of the Late Classic . Its remains were then interred within the temple shrine .   Stela 29 bears a Long Count ( 8 @.@ 12 @.@ 14 @.@ 8 @.@ 15 ) date equivalent to AD 292 , the earliest surviving Long Count date from the Maya lowlands . The stela is also the earliest monument to bear the Tikal emblem glyph . It bears a sculpture of the king facing to the right , holding the head of an underworld jaguar god , one of the patron deities of the city . The stela was deliberately smashed during the 6th century or some time later , the upper portion was dragged away and dumped in a rubbish tip close to Temple III , to be uncovered by archaeologists in 1959 .   Stela 30 is the first surviving monument to be erected after the Hiatus . Its style and iconography is similar to that of Caracol , one of the more important of Tikal 's enemies .   Stela 31 is the accession monument of Siyaj Chan K 'awiil II , also bearing two portraits of his father , Yax Nuun Ayiin , as a youth dressed as a Teotihuacan warrior . He carries a spearthrower in one hand and bears a shield decorated with the face of Tlaloc , the Teotihuacan war god . In ancient times the sculpture was broken and the upper portion was moved to the summit of Temple 33 and ritually buried . Stela 31 has been described as the greatest Early Classic sculpture to survive at Tikal . A long hieroglyphic text is carved onto the back of the monument , the longest to survive from the Early Classic , which describes the arrival of Siyah K 'ak ' at El Peru and Tikal in January 378 . It was also the first stela at Tikal to be carved on all four faces .   Stela 32 is a fragmented monument with a foreign Teotihuacan @-@ style sculpture apparently depicting the lord of that city with the attributes of the central Mexican storm god Tlaloc , including his goggle eyes and tasselled headdress .   Stela 39 is a broken monument that was erected in the Lost World complex . The upper portion of the stela is missing but the lower portion shows the lower body and legs of Chak Tok Ich 'aak , holding a flint axe in his left hand . He is trampling the figure of a bound , richly dressed captive . The monument is dated to AD 376 . The text on the back of the monument describes a bloodletting ritual to celebrate a Katun @-@ ending . The stela also names Chak Tok Ich 'aak I 's father as K 'inich Muwaan Jol .   Stela 40 bears a portrait of Kan Chitam and dates to AD 468 .   Stela 43 is paired
ĠN Ġ, Ġwest Ġof ĠTemple ĠIII Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ18 Ġwas Ġone Ġof Ġtwo Ġst el ae Ġerected Ġby ĠY ax ĠNu un ĠAy i in ĠI Ġto Ġcelebrate Ġthe Ġk Ġ' at un Ġ@ - @ Ġending Ġof ĠAD Ġ396 Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas Ġre Ġ@ - @ Ġerected Ġat Ġthe Ġbase Ġof ĠTemple Ġ34 Ġ, Ġhis Ġfuner ary Ġshrine Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ19 Ġwas Ġdedicated Ġin Ġ7 90 Ġby ĠY ax ĠNu un ĠAy i in ĠII Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ20 Ġwas Ġfound Ġin ĠComplex ĠP Ġ, Ġin ĠGroup ĠH Ġ, Ġand Ġwas Ġmoved Ġto Ġthe ĠMuse o ĠN ac ional Ġde ĠAr que olog ÃŃa Ġy ĠEt n olog ÃŃa Ġin ĠGuatemala ĠCity Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ21 Ġwas Ġdedicated Ġin Ġ7 36 Ġby ĠY ik Ġ' in ĠChan ĠK Ġ' awi il Ġ. ĠOnly Ġthe Ġbottom Ġof Ġthe Ġst ela Ġis Ġintact Ġ, Ġthe Ġrest Ġhaving Ġbeen Ġmut ilated Ġin Ġancient Ġtimes Ġ. ĠThe Ġsurviving Ġsculpture Ġis Ġof Ġfine Ġquality Ġ, Ġconsisting Ġof Ġthe Ġfeet Ġof Ġa Ġfigure Ġand Ġof Ġaccompanying Ġhier ogly ph ic Ġtext Ġ. ĠThe Ġst ela Ġis Ġassociated Ġwith ĠAlt ar Ġ9 Ġand Ġis Ġlocated Ġin Ġfront Ġof ĠTemple ĠVI Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ22 Ġwas Ġdedicated Ġin Ġ7 71 Ġby ĠY ax ĠNu un ĠAy i in ĠII Ġin Ġthe Ġnorthern Ġenclosure Ġof ĠGroup ĠQ Ġ, Ġa Ġtwin Ġ@ - @ Ġpyramid Ġcomplex Ġ. ĠThe Ġface Ġof Ġthe Ġfigure Ġon Ġthe Ġst ela Ġhas Ġbeen Ġmut ilated Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ23 Ġwas Ġbroken Ġin Ġantiquity Ġand Ġwas Ġre Ġ@ - @ Ġerected Ġin Ġa Ġresidential Ġcomplex Ġ. ĠThe Ġdef aced Ġportrait Ġon Ġthe Ġmonument Ġis Ġthat Ġof Ġthe Ġso Ġ@ - @ Ġcalled Ġ" ĠLady Ġof ĠTik al Ġ" Ġ, Ġa Ġdaughter Ġof ĠChak ĠTok ĠIch Ġ' a ak ĠII Ġwho Ġbecame Ġqueen Ġat Ġthe Ġage Ġof Ġsix Ġbut Ġnever Ġruled Ġin Ġher Ġown Ġright Ġ, Ġbeing Ġpaired Ġwith Ġmale Ġco Ġ@ - @ Ġrulers Ġ. ĠIt Ġdates Ġto Ġthe Ġearly Ġ6 th Ġcentury Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ24 Ġwas Ġerected Ġat Ġthe Ġfoot Ġof ĠTemple Ġ3 Ġin Ġ8 10 Ġ, Ġaccompanied Ġby ĠAlt ar Ġ7 Ġ. ĠBoth Ġwere Ġbroken Ġinto Ġfragments Ġin Ġancient Ġtimes Ġ, Ġalthough Ġthe Ġname Ġof ĠDark ĠSun Ġsurvives Ġon Ġthree Ġfragments Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ26 Ġwas Ġfound Ġin Ġthe Ġsummit Ġshrine Ġof ĠTemple Ġ34 Ġ, Ġunderneath Ġa Ġbroken Ġm asonry Ġaltar Ġ. ĠThe Ġmonument Ġhad Ġoriginally Ġbeen Ġerected Ġat Ġthe Ġbase Ġof Ġthe Ġtemple Ġduring Ġthe ĠEarly ĠClassic Ġperiod Ġand Ġwas Ġlater Ġbroken Ġ, Ġprobably Ġat Ġthe Ġbeginning Ġof Ġthe ĠLate ĠClassic Ġ. ĠIts Ġremains Ġwere Ġthen Ġinter red Ġwithin Ġthe Ġtemple Ġshrine Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ29 Ġbears Ġa ĠLong ĠCount Ġ( Ġ8 Ġ@ . @ Ġ12 Ġ@ . @ Ġ14 Ġ@ . @ Ġ8 Ġ@ . @ Ġ15 Ġ) Ġdate Ġequivalent Ġto ĠAD Ġ292 Ġ, Ġthe Ġearliest Ġsurviving ĠLong ĠCount Ġdate Ġfrom Ġthe ĠMaya Ġlow lands Ġ. ĠThe Ġst ela Ġis Ġalso Ġthe Ġearliest Ġmonument Ġto Ġbear Ġthe ĠTik al Ġemblem Ġglyph Ġ. ĠIt Ġbears Ġa Ġsculpture Ġof Ġthe Ġking Ġfacing Ġto Ġthe Ġright Ġ, Ġholding Ġthe Ġhead Ġof Ġan Ġunderworld Ġj agu ar Ġgod Ġ, Ġone Ġof Ġthe Ġpatron Ġdeities Ġof Ġthe Ġcity Ġ. ĠThe Ġst ela Ġwas Ġdeliberately Ġsmashed Ġduring Ġthe Ġ6 th Ġcentury Ġor Ġsome Ġtime Ġlater Ġ, Ġthe Ġupper Ġportion Ġwas Ġdragged Ġaway Ġand Ġdumped Ġin Ġa Ġrubbish Ġtip Ġclose Ġto ĠTemple ĠIII Ġ, Ġto Ġbe Ġuncovered Ġby Ġarchaeologists Ġin Ġ1959 Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ30 Ġis Ġthe Ġfirst Ġsurviving Ġmonument Ġto Ġbe Ġerected Ġafter Ġthe ĠH iatus Ġ. ĠIts Ġstyle Ġand Ġicon ography Ġis Ġsimilar Ġto Ġthat Ġof ĠCar ac ol Ġ, Ġone Ġof Ġthe Ġmore Ġimportant Ġof ĠTik al Ġ' s Ġenemies Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ31 Ġis Ġthe Ġaccess ion Ġmonument Ġof ĠS iy aj ĠChan ĠK Ġ' awi il ĠII Ġ, Ġalso Ġbearing Ġtwo Ġportraits Ġof Ġhis Ġfather Ġ, ĠY ax ĠNu un ĠAy i in Ġ, Ġas Ġa Ġyouth Ġdressed Ġas Ġa ĠTe ot ihu acan Ġwarrior Ġ. ĠHe Ġcarries Ġa Ġspe arth rower Ġin Ġone Ġhand Ġand Ġbears Ġa Ġshield Ġdecorated Ġwith Ġthe Ġface Ġof ĠT l al oc Ġ, Ġthe ĠTe ot ihu acan Ġwar Ġgod Ġ. ĠIn Ġancient Ġtimes Ġthe Ġsculpture Ġwas Ġbroken Ġand Ġthe Ġupper Ġportion Ġwas Ġmoved Ġto Ġthe Ġsummit Ġof ĠTemple Ġ33 Ġand Ġr it ually Ġburied Ġ. ĠSt ela Ġ31 Ġhas Ġbeen Ġdescribed Ġas Ġthe Ġgreatest ĠEarly ĠClassic Ġsculpture Ġto Ġsurvive Ġat ĠTik al Ġ. ĠA Ġlong Ġhier ogly ph ic Ġtext Ġis Ġcarved Ġonto Ġthe Ġback Ġof Ġthe Ġmonument Ġ, Ġthe Ġlongest Ġto Ġsurvive Ġfrom Ġthe ĠEarly ĠClassic Ġ, Ġwhich Ġdescribes Ġthe Ġarrival Ġof ĠS iyah ĠK Ġ' ak Ġ' Ġat ĠEl ĠPeru Ġand ĠTik al Ġin ĠJanuary Ġ378 Ġ. ĠIt Ġwas Ġalso Ġthe Ġfirst Ġst ela Ġat ĠTik al Ġto Ġbe Ġcarved Ġon Ġall Ġfour Ġfaces Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ32 Ġis Ġa Ġfragmented Ġmonument Ġwith Ġa Ġforeign ĠTe ot ihu acan Ġ@ - @ Ġstyle Ġsculpture Ġapparently Ġdepicting Ġthe Ġlord Ġof Ġthat Ġcity Ġwith Ġthe Ġattributes Ġof Ġthe Ġcentral ĠMexican Ġstorm Ġgod ĠT l al oc Ġ, Ġincluding Ġhis Ġgo ggle Ġeyes Ġand Ġt asse lled Ġhead dress Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ39 Ġis Ġa Ġbroken Ġmonument Ġthat Ġwas Ġerected Ġin Ġthe ĠLost ĠWorld Ġcomplex Ġ. ĠThe Ġupper Ġportion Ġof Ġthe Ġst ela Ġis Ġmissing Ġbut Ġthe Ġlower Ġportion Ġshows Ġthe Ġlower Ġbody Ġand Ġlegs Ġof ĠChak ĠTok ĠIch Ġ' a ak Ġ, Ġholding Ġa Ġfl int Ġaxe Ġin Ġhis Ġleft Ġhand Ġ. ĠHe Ġis Ġtram pling Ġthe Ġfigure Ġof Ġa Ġbound Ġ, Ġrich ly Ġdressed Ġcaptive Ġ. ĠThe Ġmonument Ġis Ġdated Ġto ĠAD Ġ376 Ġ. ĠThe Ġtext Ġon Ġthe Ġback Ġof Ġthe Ġmonument Ġdescribes Ġa Ġblood let ting Ġritual Ġto Ġcelebrate Ġa ĠKat un Ġ@ - @ Ġending Ġ. ĠThe Ġst ela Ġalso Ġnames ĠChak ĠTok ĠIch Ġ' a ak ĠI Ġ' s Ġfather Ġas ĠK Ġ' in ich ĠMu wa an ĠJol Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ40 Ġbears Ġa Ġportrait Ġof ĠKan ĠCh it am Ġand Ġdates Ġto ĠAD Ġ4 68 Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSt ela Ġ43 Ġis Ġpaired