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Kʼinich Ahkal Moʼ Nahb III
Kʼinich Ahkal Moʼ Nahb III,The ruler's name, when transcribed is KʼINICH-AHK-AL MOʼ AHB'', translated "Radiant Turtle Macaw Lake?". also known as Chaacal III and Akul Anab III (13 September 678–), was an ''ajaw'' of the Maya city of Palenque. He took the throne on 30 December 721, reigning until c.736.These are the dates indicated on the Maya inscriptions in Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, Born: 9.12.6.5.8 3 Lamat 6 Sak and Acceded: 9.14.10.4.2 9 Ikʼ 5 Kayab. Biography Ahkal Moʼ Nahb was born to nobleman Tiwol Chan Mat and Lady Kinuw. His probable brother was Kʼinich Janaab Pakal II. He was married to Lady Men Nik and was succeeded by his son ajaw Kʼinich Kʼukʼ Bahlam II. Ahkal Moʼ Nahb III was born in 678, during the reign of his grandfather, Palenque's long-lived ruler Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I, often referred to as "Pakal the Great", because this ruler righted a kingdom that had been destabilized by enemy attacks and oversaw a building program that culminated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajaw
Ajaw or Ahau ('Lord') is a pre-Columbian Maya civilization, Maya political title attested from epigraphy, epigraphic inscriptions. It is also the name of the 20th day of the ''tzolkʼin'', the Maya divinatory calendar, on which a ruler's ''kʼatun''-ending rituals would fall. Background The word is known from several Mayan languages both those in pre-Columbian use (such as in Classic Maya language, Classic Maya), as well as in their contemporary descendant languages (in which there may be observed some slight variations). "Ajaw" is the modernised orthography in the standard revision of Mayan orthography, put forward in 1994 by the Guatemalan ''Academia de Lenguas Mayas'', and now widely adopted by Mayanist scholars. Before this standardisation, it was more commonly written as "Ahau", following the orthography of 16th-century Yucatec language, Yucatec Maya in Spanish transcriptions (now ''Yukatek'' in the modernised style). In the Maya hieroglyphics writing system, the represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |