Bolon Kʼawiil II[pronunciation?] 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 Kʼawiil; 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 Kʼawiil 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 kʼatun—in 771.[6]
Etymology
editThis 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
edit- ^ 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; 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 Kʼawil Archived March 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Taube, Karl, The Major Gods of Ancient Yucatan
- ^ "Word bolon". Archived from the original on 2012-12-27. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
- ^ Bruce Love, The Paris Codex: Handbook for a Maya Priest, with introduction by George E. Stuart
Bibliography
edit- Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube