Bolon Kʼawiil II was a Maya kingIntermediate Elites in Pre-Columbian States and Empires by Christina M. Elson, R. Alan CoveyThe Ancient Maya, 6th Edition by Robert J. Sharer, Loa P. Traxer of Calakmul (>771-789?>). His monuments are Stelae 57 and 58 in his city.The Ancient Maya, 6th Edition by Robert Sharer, Loa Traxler. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ. Press, 2006.
Stele 88, an AD 751 monument of the just-previous ruler apparently depicting his queen, carries a mention of Bolon Kʼawiil; the same name appears on a block of hieroglyphic stairway recently recovered from Structure 13, dating to just after 751.Martin and Grube 2000:115 This is apparently the same Bolon Kʼawiil who erected Stelae 57 and 58 on the east side of Structure 13 to mark 9.17.0.0.0—the end of the seventeenth kʼatun—in 771.Martin and Grube 2008:115
Etymology This king was named after the principal deity of the Maya royal lines.God Kʼawil This was God K, who personifies the lightning axe of the rain deity.Taube, Karl, The Major Gods of Ancient Yucatan Bolon means "nine."Bruce Love, The Paris Codex: Handbook for a Maya Priest, with introduction by George E. Stuart
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Bibliography Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube
External links Calakmul kings Calakmul Stela