Bolon K'awiil II
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Not to be confused with Bolon of Macedon or K'awiil Chan K'inich.
Bolon K’awiil II was a Maya king[1][2] of Calakmul (>771-789?>).[3] His monuments are Stelae 57 and 58 in his city.[4]
Stele 88, an AD 751 monument of the just-previous ruler apparently depicting his queen, carries a mention of Bolon K’awiil; the same name appears on a block of hieroglyphic stairway recently recovered from Structure 13, dating to just after 751.[5] This is apparently the same Bolon K’awiil who erected Stelae 57 and 58 on the east side of Structure 13 to mark 9.17.0.0.0—the end of the seventeenth k'atun—in 771.[6]
Etymology
This king was named after the principal deity of the Maya royal lines.[7] This was God K, who personifies the lightning axe of the rain deity.[8] Bolon means "nine."[9][10]
References
- ↑ Intermediate Elites in Pre-Columbian States and Empires by Christina M. Elson,R. Alan Covey
- ↑ The Ancient Maya, 6th Edition by Robert J. Sharer,Loa P. Traxer
- ↑ Braswell, Geoffrey E.; Gunn, Joel D.; Dominguez Carrasco, María del Rosario; Folan, William J.; Fletcher, Laraine A.; Morales López, Abel; Glascock, Michael D. (2005). "Defining the Terminal Classic at Calakmul, Campeche". In Arthur A. Demarest, Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice (eds.). The Terminal Classic in the Maya lowlands: Collapse, transition, and transformation. Boulder: University Press of Colorado. pp. 162–194. ISBN 0-87081-822-8. OCLC 61719499.
- ↑ The Ancient Maya, 6th Edition by Robert Sharer, Loa Traxler. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ. Press, 2006.
- ↑ Martin and Grube 2000:115
- ↑ Martin and Grube 2008:115
- ↑ God K’awil Archived March 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Taube, Karl, The Major Gods of Ancient Yucatan
- ↑ Word bolon
- ↑ Bruce Love, The Paris Codex: Handbook for a Maya Priest, with introduction by George E. Stuart
Bibliography
- Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube
External links
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