Lachan Kʼawiil Ajaw Bot

Lachan Kʼawiil Ajaw Bot
Ajaw
Stela 1 of La Amelia, which depicts the king dancing.
King of La Amelia
Reign1 May 802 - after 804
Born25 June 760
Diedafter 804
ReligionMaya religion
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Maya civilization
Drawing of a Mayan stone carving with elaborate decoration.
History
Spanish conquest of the Maya

Lachan Kʼawiil Ajaw Bot (25 June 760 - ?) was a Maya king of La Amelia, an ancient city near Itzan in the Petén Department of modern Guatemala. 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.[1]

In 802 king Tan Teʼ Kʼinich supervised a ritual conducted by the Lachan Kʼawiil Ajaw Bot.[2]

Panel 2 records a date of AD 804 and depicts Lachan Kʼawiil Ajaw Bot dressed as a ballplayer.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Martin & Grube 2000, p. 65
  2. ^ Sharer & Traxler 2006, p. 409
  3. ^ Martin & Grube 2000; Zender 2004

References

  • Martin, Simon; Nikolai Grube (2000). Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya. London and New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05103-8. OCLC 47358325.
  • Sharer, Robert J.; Loa P. Traxler (2006). The Ancient Maya (6th (fully revised) ed.). Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4817-9. OCLC 57577446.
  • Zender, Marc (Spring 2004). "Glyphs for "Handspan" and "Strike" in Classic Maya Ballgame Texts" (PDF). The PARI Journal. IV (4). San Francisco, CA: Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute: 1–9. ISSN 1531-5398. OCLC 44780248. Archived from the original (PDF online facsimile) on 2011-06-14.