Yax Nuun Ahiin I

Yax Nuun Ahiin I^{[N 1]} also known as Curl Snout and Curl Nose, (died June 17, 404?), was an ajaw of the Maya city of Tikal. He took the throne on September 12, 379 and reigning until his death.^{[N 2][1]}

Biography

Yax Nuun Ayiin was a son of Spearthrower Owl, a lord of Teotihuacano (probably that city's king) in central Mexico. The installation of a Teotihuacano noble on the throne of Tikal marks a high point of Teotihuacan influence in the central Maya lowlands. Yax Nuun Ahiin I may have been a child or youth at the time of his coronation, and the early years of his reign seems to have been dominated by one of his father's generals, Sihyaj K'ahk', in a sort of regency. His tomb, known as "Burial 10", was discovered by University of Pennsylvania archaeologists. He was succeeded by his son Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II probably in 425. The monuments associated with Yax Nuun Ahiin I are Stelae 4 and Stelae 18.^[2]

Yax Nuun Ahiin I's glyph

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Tikal Rulers Yax Ehb Xook Foliated Jaguar Animal Headdress Sihyaj Chan K'awiil I Unen Bahlam K'inich Muwaan Jol Chak Tok Ich'aak I Yax Nuun Ahiin I Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II K'an Chitam Chak Tok Ich'aak II Lady of Tikal Kaloomte' Bahlam Bird Claw Wak Chan K'awiil Animal Skull 23rd Ruler 24th Ruler Nuun Ujol Chaak Jasaw Chan K'awiil I Yik'in Chan K'awiil 28th Ruler Yax Nuun Ahiin II Nuun Ujol K'inich Dark Sun Jewel K'awiil Jasaw Chan K'awiil II Pyramids Temple I Temple II Temple III Temple IV Temple V Temple VI Temple 33 Architectural Groups Mundo Perdido North Acropolis Plaza of the Seven Temples Twin-pyramid complex See also: Maya city