Sak K'uk '

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Sak K'uk '
Oval palace panel from House E of the palace in Palenque: The panel shows an enthronement scene. Sak K'uk 'presents her son Pakal, who sits on a jaguar throne , with a crown as an insignia of power.
Name and title of Sak K'uk 'on the oval palace tablet

Sak K'uk ' († September 12, 640 ) was an important noblewoman of the Maya city ​​of Palenque and the mother of the ruler ( Ajaw ) K'inich Janaab Pakal I. Before his accession to the throne, she was possibly briefly ruler or regent between 612 and 615 from Palenque.

Origin and family

The exact family ancestry of Sak K'uk 'is not certain. After David Freidel and Linda Schele , she was a granddaughter of the ruler Yohl Ik'nal (583–604). Their successor in office Ajen Yohl Mat (605–612) was Sak K'uk's uncle and his brother Janaab Pakal was her father. She was married to K'an Mo 'Hix , who probably did not come from the ruling dynasty of Palenque. K'inich Janaab Pakal I, born in 603, is the only known child from this marriage.

Karen Bassie-Sweet , on the other hand, suggested a different genealogy: According to this, Sak K'uk 'was a daughter of Yohl Ik'nal and Janaab Pakal and both Ajen Yohl Mat and K'inich Janaab Pakal I were sons of Sak K'uk' and K'an Mo 'Hix.

Life

Few details have survived from the life of Sak K'uk '. Her exact date of birth is unknown. Based on a picture in the palace of Palenque showing how she presented her son with a crown when he was enthroned , it is concluded that she had great political power in the years around 615. Since K'inich Janaab Pakal I was only twelve years old at the time, she may have served him as an important advisor. It is unclear whether she acted as ruler or regent before his accession to the throne. After Ajen Yohl Mat's death, Palenque was ruled between 612 and 615 by a mysterious ruler known as Muwaan Mat . This is an alias that is based on one of the protective deities Palenque. The once widespread assumption in research that Muwaan Mat was an epithet that Sak K'uk 'took on in her function as regent was challenged by David Stuart , who was able to show that it was the mythological Muwaan Mat a male deity acted.

Sak K'uk 'died on September 12, 640 (9.10.7.13.5). Her grave is unknown.

literature

  • Guillermo Bernal Romero: Historia dinástica de Palenque: la era de K'inich Janahb 'Pakal (615-683 dC). In: Revista Digital Universitaria. Volume 13, No. 12, 2012 ISSN  1067-6079 , pp. 1–16 (English; PDF; 1.6 MB ).
  • 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. 11.
  • Joel Skidmore: The Rulers of Palenque. Mesoweb, 5th ed., 2010, pp. 56–57, 67, 69–70 (English; 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 , pp. 145, 149-150, 152, 157, 177, 184.

Web links

Commons : Sak K'uk '  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joel Skidmore: The Rulers of Palenque. 2010, p. 56.
  2. ^ Joel Skidmore: The Rulers of Palenque. 2010, p. 57.
  3. ^ Joel Skidmore: The Rulers of Palenque. 2010, p. 67.
  4. ↑ Linda Schele, David Freidel: The unknown world of the Maya. The secret of their culture deciphered. Weltbild, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-89350-737-X , p. 650.
personal data
SURNAME Sak K'uk '
BRIEF DESCRIPTION important nobles of the Maya city of Palenque
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 640