Link to enlarge Masculine head from Palenque Chiapas from photo by Michel Zabé WHO'S WHO IN THE CLASSIC MAYA WORLD
Peter Mathews
K'an Joy Chitam I    An early king of Palenque (born AD 490, ruled AD 529-565)PAL 005

Complete List of Text References
TextSite: Monument: Text ReferenceDate of MonumentDate of PassageCalendar RoundJulian DateEventNamed?Portrayed?Comments
1PAL:  T.Cross:  Tab. Cross: S15 9.12.18.  5.19    ? 9.  2.15.  3.  812  Lamat           6  Wo  3 May 490BirthY-
2PAL:  T.Sun:  Tab. Sun: P4 9.12.18.  5.19    ? 9.  3.  1.15.  012  Ajaw             8  Keh19 Nov 496Heir-designationY-
3PAL:  TI:  East Tab.: D3-D4? 9.12.11.12.10 9.  4.14.10.  4  5  Kan             12  K'ayab'23 Feb 529AccessionY- 1
4PAL:  T.Cross:  Tab. Cross: implied 9.12.18.  5.19    ? 9.  4.14.10.  4  5  Kan             12  K'ayab'23 Feb 529Accession-- 2
5PAL:  TI:  East Tab.: ?? 9.12.11.12.10 9.  5.  0.  0.  011  Ajaw           18  Sek  3 Jul 534Period-ending?- 3
6PAL:  TI:  East Tab.: ?? 9.12.11.12.10 9.  6.  0.  0.  0  9  Ajaw             3  wayeb'20 Mar 554Period-ending?- 3
7PAL:  T.XIX:  Bench, West Side: A5-B5 9.15.  5.  0.  0 9.  6.  7.  0.  0  7  Ajaw             8  K'ayab'11 Feb 561Period-endingY-
8PAL:  TI:  East Tab.: ?? 9.12.11.12.10 9.  6.10.  0.  0  8  Ajaw           13  Pax27 Jan 564Period-ending?- 3
9PAL:  TI:  Sarc. Lid Edge: 19b 9.12.11.  5.18 9.  6.11.  0.16  7  Kib'                4  K'ayab'  6 Feb 565DeathY-
10PAL:  TI:  Sarc. Sides: West 3 9.12.11.  5.18 -- -- --Ancestral PortraitYY4,5
Comments  
  2 The name is implied, but not recorded, in this passage.
  3 These are period-ending dates from K'an Joy Chitam I's reign, but the glyphs are badly weathered. Very likely his name was originally present in these passages.
  4 There is also a reference to a 'K'an Joy Chitam' on a re-used stone in Groups I and II, north of the North Group. I take this to be a reference to K'inich K'an Joy Chitam II, though it is certainly possible that it could refer to K'an Joy Chitam I.
  1 The name is weathered, but the date can be reconstructed, and clearly the reference was to K'an Joy Chitam I, as indicated by the following emblem glyph.
  5 There is also a reference to a ‘K’an Joy Chitam’ on a ceramic sherd excavated in 2003 in the Picota Group, about one kilometer west of the Palace (López Bravo, López Mejía, and Venegas Durán 2003:12, 14). The sherd is from the Murcielagos ceramic phase (ca. AD 684-750), however, and therefore is most likely a reference to K’inich K’an Joy Chitam II.



Previous Page |  Introductory Page


Return to top of page Last Updated: 09-Sep-2005