Lady Lahan Unen Moʼ Explained

Lady Lahan Unen Moʼ
Ajaw
Succession:Queen consort of Tikal
Reign:c.682-704?
Spouse:Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I
Issue:Yikʼin Chan Kʼawiil
Death Date:c.704
Death Place:Tikal
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]

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Notes and References

  1. 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 . 10.1016/j.jas.2009.01.020 . 2009JArSc..36.1342L . 0305-4403.
  2. March 1988 . The archaeology of Maya decipherment . Antiquity . 62 . 234 . 119–122 . 10.1017/s0003598x00073592 . 0003-598X.
  3. Martin & Grube 2008, p. 46.
  4. Sharer & Traxler 2006, pp. 395, 397.
  5. Sharer & Traxler 2006, p. 303.; Martin & Grube 2008, p. 46.