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Lady Lahan Unen Moʼ

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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

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.[1][2] She was the mother of ajaw Yikʼin Chan Kʼawiil. She died in c.704.[3]

Tikal Temple II, the Temple of the Masks, was built for her.[4] It has a single wooden sculpted lintel that bears the portrait of the queen.[5]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Lentz, David L.; Hockaday, Brian (July 2009). "Tikal timbers and temples: ancient Maya agroforestry and the end of time". Journal of Archaeological Science. 36 (7): 1342–1353. Bibcode:2009JArSc..36.1342L. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2009.01.020. ISSN 0305-4403.
  2. ^ "The archaeology of Maya decipherment". Antiquity. 62 (234): 119–122. March 1988. doi:10.1017/s0003598x00073592. ISSN 0003-598X.
  3. ^ Martin & Grube 2008, p. 46.
  4. ^ Sharer & Traxler 2006, pp. 395, 397.
  5. ^ Sharer & Traxler 2006, p. 303.; Martin & Grube 2008, p. 46.

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