Tajoom Uk'ab K'ahk'

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Tajoom Ukʻab Kʻahk'^{[ pronunciation? ]}(Ta Batzʻ^{[ pronunciation? ]}) (died October 1, 630) was a Maya ruler of the Kaan kingdom.^[1] He became a king on March 28, 622.^[2]

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Reign

This rulerʻs accession is recorded on Caracol Stela 22.^[3] It is not known where the event took place, and it may have been before the Kaan polity became centered at Calakmul. Stelae 28 and 29, the first Late Classic monuments at that site, date to AD 623, but the names of the royal couple depicted do not survive, nor is there any sign of the snake-head emblem glyph of Kaan.

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Tajoom Uk'ab K'ahkʻ himself may have been involved in a warfare event the following year, but any efforts to rein in the rebellious Naranjo were cut short by his death in 630. Like his accession, his demise is recorded at Caracol, where an inscription also records a gift that he made to the Caracol ruler in 627.^[4]

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References

↑ The Ancient Maya, 6th Edition by Robert Sharer, Loa Traxler. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ. Press, 2006.
↑ Braswell, Geoffrey E.; Gunn, Joel D.; Dominguez Carrasco, María del Rosario; Folan, William J.; Fletcher, Laraine A.; Morales López, Abel; Glascock, Michael D. (2005). "Defining the Terminal Classic at Calakmul, Campeche". In Arthur A. Demarest, Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice (eds.). The Terminal Classic in the Maya lowlands: Collapse, transition, and transformation. Boulder: University Press of Colorado. pp. 162–194. ISBN 0-87081-822-8. OCLC 61719499.
↑ Martin and Nikolai Grube 2008:106
↑ Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube

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[1] The Ancient Maya, 6th Edition by Robert Sharer, Loa Traxler. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ. Press, 2006.

[2] Braswell, Geoffrey E.; Gunn, Joel D.; Dominguez Carrasco, María del Rosario; Folan, William J.; Fletcher, Laraine A.; Morales López, Abel; Glascock, Michael D. (2005). "Defining the Terminal Classic at Calakmul, Campeche". In Arthur A. Demarest, Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice (eds.). The Terminal Classic in the Maya lowlands: Collapse, transition, and transformation. Boulder: University Press of Colorado. pp. 162–194. ISBN 0-87081-822-8. OCLC 61719499.

[3] Martin and Nikolai Grube 2008:106

[4] Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube