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Kʼinich Yoʼnal Ahk I
Kʼinich Yoʼnal Ahk I (), also known as Ruler 1 (died February 3, 639 AD), was an ''ajaw'' of Piedras Negras (Maya site), Piedras Negras, an Maya civilization, ancient Maya settlement in Guatemala. He ruled during the Mesoamerican chronology, Late Classic Period, from 603–639 AD. It has been proposed that he began a new dynasty at Piedras Negras, following years of ineffective kings. As to how Kʼinich Yoʼnal Ahk I came to power, a consensus has not yet been reached, although it is known that he waged several successful wars against Palenque and Plan de Ayutla (Maya Site), Sak Tzʼiʼ. He was succeeded by his son, Itzam Kʼan Ahk I, in 639 AD and left behind several monuments, including Maya stelae, stelae at Piedras Negras and a large mortuary temple now known as Pyramid R-5. Biography Kʼinich Yoʼnal Ahk I, also known as Ruler 1, was an ''ajaw'' (leader) of Piedras Negras (Maya site), Piedras Negras in the 7th century AD.#witschey, Witschey & Brown (2012), p. 247. Acco ... [...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] |
