Lachan Kʼawiil Ajaw Bot (25 June 760 - ?) was a
Maya king of
La Amelia, an ancient
city
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near
Itzan in the
Petén Department
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of modern
Guatemala
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. La Amelia was abandoned some time in the middle of the 9th century AD.
He is mentioned on Panel 1 and Hieroglyphic Stairway 1 at the site. He was enthroned on 1 May 802.
In 802 king
Tan Teʼ Kʼinich supervised a ritual conducted by the Lachan Kʼawiil Ajaw Bot.
Panel 2 records a date of AD 804 and depicts Lachan Kʼawiil Ajaw Bot dressed as a
ballplayer.
[Martin & Grube 2000; Zender 2004
]
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Maya monarchs