K'inich Janaab Pakal II.

Redrawing an attribution of K'inich Janaab Pakal II.

K'inich Janaab Pakal II was a ruler ( Ajaw ) of the Maya city ​​of Palenque who ruled around the year 742. Before his accession to the throne, he was called Upakal K'inich .

Origin and family

His family connection to his predecessor K'inich Ahkal Mo 'Nahb III. (* 678; † after 736) was unclear for a long time, and it was assumed that he was his son. Reliefs from Temple XIX in Palenque, which were discovered in 2002, rather suggest that he was his brother. The reliefs show K'inich Janaab Pakal I (* 603; † 683), the most important ruler of Palenques, at a blood sacrifice . He is accompanied by K'inich Ahkal Mo 'Nahb III. and K'inich Janaab Pakal II, who are referred to here by their childhood names. Since K'inich Ahkal Mo 'Nahb III. can be identified with certainty as the grandson of K'inich Janaab Pakal I and was barely five years old when his grandfather died, it can be assumed that a ceremony is depicted here that K'inich Janaab Pakal I carried out during his last years in reign In the presence of his grandchildren, who were still children. The family relationship between K'inich Janaab Pakal II and his successor in office K'inich Kan Bahlam III. is unknown.

Reign

After his accession to the throne, Upakal K'inich took his grandfather's name and reigned as K'inich Janaab Pakal II. To distinguish it from his grandfather, however, he combined his birth name and his throne name on inscriptions. Events from his reign are hardly known. The only inscription that mentions a date from his reign comes from Temple XIX in Palenque. It describes the installation of a dignitary in an office on January 29, 742 ( long count 9.15.10.10.13, calendar round 8 Ben 16 Kumk'u) K'inich Janaab Pakal II is also evidenced by a portrait that comes from the palace of Palenque comes from, and possibly another, of as yet undetermined origin.

During his reign, the lady Chak Nik Ye 'Xook was married to Copán , where she gave birth to the future ruler of this city, Yax Pasaj Chan Yopaat .

literature

• Simon Martin / Nikolai Grube : Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens. Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya. Thames & Hudson, 2nd ed., London 2008, ISBN 978-0-500-28726-2 , p. 174.
• Joel Skidmore: The Rulers of Palenque . Mesoweb, 5th ed., 2010, pp. 83-87 ( PDF; 9.1 MB ).
• David Stuart , George Stuart : Palenque. Eternal City of the Maya. Thames & Hudson, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-50-00-5156-6 , p. 230.

Web links

Commons : K'inich Janaab Pakal II.  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Peter Matthews: Who's who in the Classic Maya World
• K'inich Janaab Pakal II in the Mesoweb Encyclopedia (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Skidmore: The Rulers of Palenque . P. 84.
2. ↑ Yuriy Polyukhovych: A New Palenque panel. In: The PARI Journal. Volume 13, No. 3, pp. 1–3 ( PDF; 3.9 MB ) 2013

predecessor	Office	successor
K'inich Ahkal Mo 'Nahb III.	Ajaw of Palenque around 742	K'inich Kan Bahlam III.