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–c.736), 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 probably brother was
Kʼinich Janaab Pakal II
Kʼinich Janaab Pakal II,The ruler's name, when transcribed is u-PAKAL-la-KʼINICH (KʼINICH-) JANA꞉B-pa-ka-la, translated "Shield of the Sun God Radiant ?-Shield". also known as Upakal Kʼinich, (fl. c.742), was an ''ajaw'' of the Maya city of ...
. 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 in the
Temple of the Inscriptions
The Temple of the Inscriptions (Classic Maya: Bʼolon Yej Teʼ Naah () "House of the Nine Sharpened Spears") is the largest Mesoamerican stepped pyramid structure at the pre-Columbian Maya civilization site of Palenque, located in the modern-day ...
.
His construction program rivaled that of his predecessors, in the newly discovered inscriptions of Temple XIX he contributed enormously to the surviving records of Palenque history. The monuments and text associated with Ahkal Moʼ Nahb III are: Temple XVIII texts, Temple XIX bench and texts, Temple XXI texts, Tablets of the Orator and Scribe, Bundle Panel and House E Painted text?.
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Kʼinich Ahkal Moʼ Naabʼ III: Just who was this amazing king?
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678 births
730s deaths
Rulers of Palenque
8th-century monarchs in North America
8th century in the Maya civilization