Jewel K'awiil

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Jewel K'awiil
Ajaw of Tikal

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Jewel K'awiil's glyph.
Reign c.849
Predecessor Dark Sun
Successor Jasaw Chan K'awiil II
Religion Maya religion

Jewel K'awiil [N 1] (fl.849), was an ajaw of the Maya city of Tikal. He ruled c.849. [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 tzolkʼin, the Maya divinatory calendar, on which a king's kʼatun-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.

Tikal Ruins of major ancient Maya city

Tikal is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in Guatemala. It is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centers of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archaeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now northern Guatemala. Situated in the department of El Petén, the site is part of Guatemala's Tikal National Park and in 1979 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Notes

  1. The ruler's name, when transcribed is ?-K'AWI:L-li, Martin & Grube 2008, p.52.

Footnotes

  1. Martin & Grube 2008, p.52.

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References

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Regnal titles
Preceded by
Dark Sun
Ajaw of Tikal
c.849
Succeeded by
Jasaw Chan K'awiil II