| | What's in a Name? | |
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| All three references to Yax Ak name him the same way: YAX-a-ku, which reads Yax Ak, 'Green Turtle'. | |
| | Also Known As | |
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| Yax Ahk | Martin and Grube 2000; Martin 2003 |
| | Other Names and Titles | |
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| Apart from the emblem glyph that names him as an 'Anayte' Ajaw' in Texts 1 and 2, no other names or titles are known for Yax Ak. The emblem glyph clearly indicates that he was of ajaw rank, and this is confirmed on Tonina Monument 31, where Yax Ak is said to be 'an ajaw of' the lord of Palenque—in other words an ajaw, but one who is subject to a lord of Palenque (I have argued that this Palenque lord is none other than the king K'inich Kan B'alam II, even though he is not referred to in the text by his royal name). |
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