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| Returning to the question of who attacked Lakam Ha' on 9.8.5.13.8, 6 Lamat 1 Sip (April 23, 599), this is the entire name-string that follows that ch'akaj verb. All of these glyphs could be the titles and name of the Snake king. A difficulty with this interpretation is that we know that a different Snake king acceded on 9.7.5.14.17 (September 4, 579). A possible solution to this puzzle lies in the glyph reading ya-AJAW-TE', yajawte', literally "Lord of the Tree". This is a known title, which might well pertain to the Snake king whose name follows. But if it were the possessed form 'uyajawte', "his Lord of the Tree", it could refer to the preceding glyphs, which would then be the name of a character who served as the Yajawte' of the Snake king. If such a lesser, "possessed" lord outlived the king who "possessed" him, he might well have continued to be known as the Yajawte' of that ruler. However, deletion of the possessive pronoun in such a context would be highly uncharacteristic of Maya inscriptions. Furthermore, there is strong reason to believe that 'yajawte', is part of a combined form with the "chi-throne" glyph before it, as Yaxchilan Lintel 21 D4 has a single glyph block reading ya-AJAW-'CHI-THRONE'-TE' (Simon Martin, personal communication 2003). Another possibility is that this "Sky Witness" was namesake of the Snake king who was a junior member of the royal family but not himself a ruler. |
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Note: Here are the dates bearing on which Calakmul king was in power at the time of the House C Hieroglyphic Stairway (HCHS) ch'akaj (according to Lounsbury's dating of that event):
9.6.18.12.0 (572) "Sky Witness" of Snake named on Caracol St. 3 |