Tuun K'ab' Hix

Tuun Kʻabʻ Hix

Detail of a wall painting in Calakmul

Detail of a wall painting in Calakmul, probably depicting a king
Title King of Kaan
Spouse(s) Ix Ek' Naah[1]
Children Daughter

Tuun Kʻabʻ Hix (Cu Ix, Ku Ix, Kʻaltuun Hix; "Bound-Stone Jaguar") was a Maya king of the Kaan Kingdom.

Reign

Tuun Kʻab Hix reigned from the year 520 to 546. He is known only from foreign references.

A lintel at Yaxchilan describing the military successes of K'inich Tatbu Skull II records a captive from Kaan in AD 537 (the captive vassal of the Kaan ruler may have been a woman).[2]

Stela 25 from Naranjo records the accession of Aj Wosal Chan K'inich in 546 under the auspices of Tuun Kʻabʻ Hix.

The Kaan Kingdom was asserting its influence in the southern Maya lowlands and inaugurating the struggle for supremacy with its great rival Tikal.

It was probably during the reign of Tuun Kʻabʻ Hix that a ruler of El Resbalón declared himself to be a vassal of Kaan in 529, as the one clear date on the El Resbalón hieroglyphic stairway is 529.[3]

Family

Wife of Tuun Kʻabʻ Hix was Queen Ix Ekʻ Naah ("Lady Star House").[4][5]

In 520 their daughter traveled to La Corona to marry a lord of that site.[6]

Mother-in-law of Tuun Kʻabʻ Hix was Lady Bʻakabʻ.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Maya kings and queens
  2. ↑ Martin and Grube 2008:104, 121
  3. ↑ Simon Martin; Nikolai Grube (2000). Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya. London and New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05103-8. OCLC 47358325. Invalid |name-list-format=scap (help)
  4. ↑ Simon Martin; Nikolai Grube (2000). Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya. London and New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05103-8. OCLC 47358325. Invalid |name-list-format=scap (help)
  5. ↑ Mayan kings and queens
  6. ↑ Article on Tuun K'ab' Hix on Mesoweb
  7. ↑ Tablet of the queen