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Special thanks to Alexandre Solca for alerting me to this text's provenance. It's Copan Altar 8.

A1) 6 Kaban
B1) 10 Mol
A2) [count forward to (?)] 13 Sip
B2) u - tzak -aw
A3) Chaan-n(a)
B3) Yo - Paat -t(i)
A4) tz'ak -bu-l(i)
B4) Copan
A5) ya-cham-m(a)
B5) Ix

C1) i-u-ti
D1) 9 Ik'
C2) K'ahwil
D2) Yax-Pasaj
C3) 2 katun ahaw
D3) ch'a-ho-m(a)
C4) yax - saak - k(i)-ye
D4) k'ahwil-l(i)
C5) k'uhul-aw
D5) Palenque

E1) 5-tz'a-p(a)-tuun
F1) u - 3 - katun
E2) u - 10 - pik
F2) i - u- ti
E3) 10 Sip
F3) xu-k(u)-pi
E4)yax-pasaj
F4) ???
E5) ???
F5) Copan

G1) 7 Ahaw
H1) 13 ??
G2) ??
H2) ??
G3) ??
H3) ??
G4) ??
H4) ??
G5) ??
H5) ??

Transliteration
6 Kaban 10 Mol, [count forward to (?)] 13 Wo, u tzakaw, Chan Yo Paat, tz'ak bul Copan, ya-ch'am Ix. 

 i-u-ti, 9 Ik', K'ahwil, Yax-Pasaj, 2 katun ahaw, ch'a-hom, yax - saak-ye, k'ahwil, k'uhul-ahaw, Palenque.

 5 tz'a-p tuun, u  3 katun, u - 10 - pik, i u ti, 10 Sip xuk pi yax-pasaj ??? ??? Copan.

 7 Ahaw 13 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??

Loose Translation
From 6 Kaban 10 Mol, count forward to 13 Sip, this is when Chan Yo Paat, son of the Noble Lady, performed the conjuring, so as to set in order Copan.

And it happened on 9 Ik', that the Lord Yax Pasaj, in his fourth decade of life, the blood letter, his great white-ness/northern-ness, was also K'ahwil, a Holy Lord of Palenque.

5 banner stones were planted during the Lord's sixth decade of life, on account of the 10th 400 year cycle; and it happened that on 10 Sip "Bird Yax Pasaj", ??? ??? Copan. 7 Ahaw 13 ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??.

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