Lady Lahan Unen Moʼ

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. She was the mother of ajaw Yikʼin Chan Kʼawiil. She died in c.704.[1]

Lady Lahan Unen Moʼ
Ajaw
Temple II
Lady Twelve Macaw's Temple
Queen consort of Tikal
Reignc.682-704?
Diedc.704
Tikal
SpouseJasaw Chan Kʼawiil I
IssueYikʼin Chan Kʼawiil
ReligionMaya religion

Tikal Temple II, the Temple of the Masks, was built for her.[2] It has a single wooden sculpted lintel that bears the portrait of the queen.[3]

Footnotes

  1. Martin & Grube 2008, p. 46.
  2. Sharer & Traxler 2006, pp. 395, 397.
  3. Sharer & Traxler 2006, p. 303.; Martin & Grube 2008, p. 46.

References

  • 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.
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