Casper (Maya ruler)
Template:Short description Template:Infobox royalty "Casper",[N 1] (August 8, 422 – 487?) also known as 11 Rabbit or Casper II,[1] was an ajaw of the Maya city of Palenque from August 9, 435, to 487. He was the immediate successor of Kʼukʼ Bahlam I, who founded the ruling dynasty.[N 2]Template:Sfn
Casper came to power in August 435 at the age of 13 and ruled the city for 52 years. Only Pacal the Great is recorded to have ruled Palenque longer.
Biography
The ajaw known to archaeologists as "Casper" was born August 8, 422 CE, which corresponds to 8.19.6.8.8 in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. "Casper" became ruler of Palenque on August 9, 435, one day after his thirteenth birthday, with the Temple of the Cross Tablet recording that "the white headband was tied."[1]Template:Sfn Template:Sfn On December 9 (9.0.0.0.0), six months after his accession, "Casper" presided over a celebration of the ninth b'aktun at Toktahn, the most important Long Count transition of the Classical Period.Template:Sfn The ruler likely also presided over the following k'atun ending dates in 455 and 475.[1]
On a date reconstructed as February 8, 445 (9.0.9.5.9), "Casper" presided over the accession of a group of secondary lords, one of which is named as K'ahk' Chaak.Template:Sfn One of the lords may have been the younger brother of "Casper," based on Guillermo Bernal Romero's reading of a glyph on the K'an Tok tablet as "yitz'in," meaning younger brother.Template:Sfn Here, "Casper" is given the title "Divine Cloud Center Lord."Template:Sfn On November 19, 460 (9.1.5.5.11.) "Casper" is recorded as presiding over the accession of another lord, named as Ahk (or "Turtle").Template:Sfn
"Casper" probably died in his mid-60s, probably in 487, when his successor Bʼutz Aj Sak Chiik came to power.[2]
Notes
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- ↑ The real name of the ruler has not been deciphered. He was given the nickname Casper by Mayanist scholar Floyd Lounsbury because his name glyph is said to resemble the cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost. Incomplete transcription is ch'a-?..
- ↑ These are the dates indicated on the Maya inscriptions in Mesoamerican Long Count calendar from an inscription at the Temple of the Cross in Palenque, Born: 8.19.6.8.8 11 Lamat 6 Xul and Acceded: 8.19.19.11.17 2 Kaban 10 Xul.
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