A full-length portrait of a Maya lord and forty-four hieroglyphic signs are carved on all sides of this diminutive offering box, one of very few surviving Maya personal objects made of wood.  The text yields important insights into the complex hierarchical Maya social system.  As we understand the text today, the main protagonist is the lord depicted on the cover, Aj K’ax B’ahlam, who held an important secondary office under the patronage of the seventh-century Tortuguero King Ik’ Muyil Muwaahn II.  The text concludes with the date the box was made, October 14, AD 681, and names it the yotoot mayij or “offering container” of Aj K’ax B’ahlam himself.