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Lady Kʼawiil Ajaw
Lady Kʼawiil Ajaw or Ix Kʼawiil Ekʼ (617-682), was a queen regnant of the Maya civilization, Maya city State of Cobá in 640–682. It is not clear how she succeeded to the throne or how she is connected to her predecessors. She appears to have succeeded a male ruler. It is seen as likely that she was the daughter, granddaughter or niece of her predecessor. She does not appear to have been the first woman ruler of Cobá. Archeological evidence appear to attest to a ruling queen, also named Lady Kʼawiil Ajaw (I) and with the title ''kaloomteʼ'', ruling as the founder of the Coba dynasty in the late 5th- or early 6th-century. Monuments of a second woman, who ruled around the year 600 (Che'enal), has been found at Coba. Lady Kʼawiil Ajaw (II), therefore, appear to have been at least the third woman to rule in the city state. She bore the title ''kaloomteʼ'' ('superior warrior'), which was a very high title in contemporary Maya culture, and not worn by all rulers. She is depicte ... [...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] |