Eight Skull (ruled ? - c. 790) was one of two known rulers of
Ixkun
Ixkun (Ixcún or Ixkún in Spanish orthography) is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site, situated in the Petén Basin region of the southern Maya lowlands. It lies to the north of the town of Dolores, in the modern-day department of Petén, ...
,
Mayan
Mayan most commonly refers to:
* Maya peoples, various indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
* Maya civilization, pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica and northern Central America
* Mayan languages, language family spoken ...
city. His successor was
Rabbit God K
Rabbit God KLaporte 2005, pp. 224-225 was one of two known rulers of Ixkun, Maya civilization, Mayan city. He was a successor of Eight Skull. His mother was Lady Ik.
Stelae record the visit of Ch'iyel, king of Sacul, El Petén, Sacul, to Ixkun on ...
.
Stela
A stele ( ),Anglicized plural steles ( ); Greek plural stelai ( ), from Greek , ''stēlē''. The Greek plural is written , ''stēlai'', but this is only rarely encountered in English. or occasionally stela (plural ''stelas'' or ''stelæ''), wh ...
2 records two battles, one against
Sacul on 21 December 779 and the other against
Ucanal
Ucanal is an archaeological site of the ancient Maya civilization. It is located near the source of the Belize River in the Petén department of present-day northern Guatemala.
Location
Ucanal is located inside a bend of the Mopan River. It is ...
on 10 May 780. It is said on the stela that Eight Skull was a predecessor of Rabbit God K. The text is incomplete.
Stela 12 is believed to have been dedicated by Eight Skull.
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Kings of Ixkun
8th century in Guatemala