Villagers in the Mexican state of Veracruz discovered the tablet sometime before 1999, while quarrying an ancient Olmec mound for road-building material.

在1999 年之前某时, 村民在墨西哥韦克鲁省发现了石板，当时为了路面建筑，挖掘一个古老奥尔梅克丘冢进行采石。