Aj Yaxjal Bʼaak Explained
Aj Yaxjal Bʼaak [ax jaʃxal ɓʔaːk] (ruled c. 780[1]) was the only known ruler of the Maya city of Ixtutz, which was the most important city in the Dolores region.[2]
A stela dated to AD 780 records a ceremony performed by Aj Yaxjal Bʼaak and attended by his overlord from the Petexbatún, most likely to have been Tan Teʼ Kʼinich of Aguateca, and 28 other lords from both within the Dolores valley and further afield.[3]
References
- Web site: Laporte, Juan Pedro . Héctor L. Escobedo . 2009 . Ixtutz: Algunas consideraciones generales. . PDF online publication . Ixtutz y Curucuitz: Entidades políticas de la cuenca alta del río Poxte, Dolores y Poptun, Petén. Monografía 8, Atlas Arqueológico de Guatemala . 44–56 . Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural y Natural, Guatemala . 2009-06-14. es.
- Zender, Marc . Spring 2004 . Glyphs for "Handspan" and "Strike" in Classic Maya Ballgame Texts . PDF online facsimile . . IV . 4 . 1–9 . San Francisco, CA . . 1531-5398 . 44780248 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110614001202/http://www.mesoweb.com/pari/publications/journal/404/Sport.pdf . 2011-06-14 .
Notes and References
- Zender, p. 4.
- Laporte & Escobedo 2009, p.54.
- Zender, pp. 4, 6.
