Kʼinich Kʼukʼ Bahlam II,The ruler's name, when transcribed is KʼINICH-KʼUK ahlamma, translated "Radiant Quetzal Jaguar". also known as Bahlum Kʼukʼ II and Mahkʼina Kuk (fl. c. 764–783), was an ''

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 ''kʼatu ...

'' of the

Maya Maya may refer to: Ethnic groups * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (East Africa), a p ...

city of

Palenque Palenque (; Yucatec Maya: ), also anciently known in the Itza Language as Lakamha ("big water" or "big waters"), was a Maya city-state in southern Mexico that perished in the 8th century. The Palenque ruins date from ca. 226 BC to ca. 799 AD ...

. He acceded to the throne on March 4, 764 and ruled until c. 783.These are the dates indicated on the Maya inscriptions in Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, Acceded: 9.16.13.0.7 9 Manikʼ 15 Wo. He was a son of

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 Palenqu ...

and Lady Men Nik. Knowledge of him is limited to a few broken monuments: the Tablet of the 96 glyphs, the Creation Tablet, the House B Mural? and Bodega no. 218.

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