Lady Lahan Unen Moʼ
| Lady Lahan Unen Moʼ | |
|---|---|
| Ajaw | |
 Lady Twelve Macaw's Temple | |
| Queen consort of Tikal | |
| Reign | c.682-704? |
| Died | c.704 Tikal |
| Spouse | Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I |
| Issue | Yikʼin Chan Kʼawiil |
| Religion | Maya religion |
Lady Lahan Unen Moʼ also known as Lady 12 Baby Macaws and Kalajuun Uneʼ Moʼ, was a Maya queen of Tikal as a wife of ajaw Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I.[1][2] She was the mother of ajaw Yikʼin Chan Kʼawiil. She died in c.704.[3]
Tikal Temple II, the Temple of the Masks, was built for her.[4] It has a single wooden sculpted lintel that bears the portrait of the queen.[5]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Lentz, David L.; Hockaday, Brian (July 2009). "Tikal timbers and temples: ancient Maya agroforestry and the end of time". Journal of Archaeological Science. 36 (7): 1342–1353. Bibcode:2009JArSc..36.1342L. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2009.01.020. ISSN 0305-4403.
- ^ "The archaeology of Maya decipherment". Antiquity. 62 (234): 119–122. March 1988. doi:10.1017/s0003598x00073592. ISSN 0003-598X.
- ^ Martin & Grube 2008, p. 46.
- ^ Sharer & Traxler 2006, pp. 395, 397.
- ^ Sharer & Traxler 2006, p. 303.; Martin & Grube 2008, p. 46.
References
[edit]- Martin, Simon; Nikolai Grube (2008). Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya (2nd ed.). London and New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500287262. OCLC 191753193.
- Sharer, Robert J.; Loa P. Traxler (2006). The Ancient Maya (6th, fully revised ed.). Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4816-0. OCLC 28067148.