Tan Teʼ Kʼinich | |
Ajaw | |
Succession: | King of Aguateca |
Reign: | c.770-after 802 |
Predecessor: | Uchaʼan Kʼan Bʼalam |
Birth Date: | 22 January 748 |
Death Date: | after 802 |
Mother: | wife of Uchaʼan Kʼan Bʼalam |
Religion: | Maya religion |
Tan Teʼ Kʼinich was a Maya king of the ancient city of Aguateca, in the Petén Department of modern Guatemala.
He was born on January 22, 748. His father was the king Uchaʼan Kʼan Bʼalam.
Aguateca Stela 19 records a battle that he fought in 778 and also mentions his father.
In 802 Tan Teʼ Kʼinich presided over a ceremony performed by Lachan Kʼawiil Ajaw Bot at La Amelia.[1]