Ahkal Mo' Nahb II

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Ahkal Mo' Nahb II
Ajaw Palenque
Glifo de Ahkal Mo' Naab' II.jpg
Glyph of Ahkal Mo' Nahb II at Temple of the Cross Tablet (see vectorised version here)
Reign May 2, 565 – July 21, 570
Predecessor K'an Joy Chitam I
Successor Kan Bahlam I
Born 3 September 523
Died 21 July 570(570-07-21) (aged 46)
Religion Maya religion

Ahkal Mo' Nahb II [N 1] also known as Chaacal II and Akul Anab II, (September 3, 523 – July 21, 570) was an ajaw of the Maya city-state of Palenque. He took the throne on May 2, 565, he was grandson of Ahkal Mo' Nahb I and probably brother of Kan Bahlam I. [N 2] [1] He enthroned eighty-five days after death of K'an Joy Chitam I. [1]

Ajaw

Ajaw or Ahau ('Lord') is a pre-Columbian Maya political title attested from epigraphic inscriptions. It is also the name of the 20th day of the tzolk'in, the Maya divinatory calendar, on which a king's k'atun-ending rituals would fall.

Maya civilization Mesoamerican civilization

The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples, and noted for its logosyllabic script—the most sophisticated and highly developed writing system in pre-Columbian Americas—as well as for its art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system. The Maya civilization developed in an area that encompasses southeastern Mexico, all of Guatemala and Belize, and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador. This region consists of the northern lowlands encompassing the Yucatán Peninsula, and the highlands of the Sierra Madre, running from the Mexican state of Chiapas, across southern Guatemala and onwards into El Salvador, and the southern lowlands of the Pacific littoral plain.

Palenque former city state in Central Amrica in present-day southern Mexico

Palenque, also anciently known as Lakamha, was a Maya city state in southern Mexico that flourished in the 7th century. The Palenque ruins date from ca. 226 BC to ca. AD 799. After its decline, it was absorbed into the jungle of cedar, mahogany, and sapodilla trees, but has since been excavated and restored. It is located near the Usumacinta River in the Mexican state of Chiapas, about 130 km (81 mi) south of Ciudad del Carmen, 150 m (164 yd) above sea level. It averages a humid 26 °C (79 °F) with roughly 2160 mm (85 in) of rain a year.

Notes

  1. The ruler's name, when transcribed is a-ku-AL MO'na-bi, translated "Turtle Macaw Lake?".
  2. These are the dates indicated on the Maya inscriptions in Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, Born: 9.4.9.0.4 7 K'an 17 Mol, Acceded: 9.6.11.5.1 1 Imix 4 Sip and Died: 9.6.16.10.7 9 Manik' 5 Yaxk'in.

Sources

  1. 1 2 Skidmore, Joel (2010). The Rulers of Palenque (PDF) (Fifth ed.). Mesoweb Publications. p. 31. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
Regnal titles
Preceded by
K'an Joy Chitam I
Ajaw of Palenque
May 2, 565 – July 21, 570
Succeeded by
Kan Bahlam I

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