Lady Lahan Unen Moʼ

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]

Lady Lahan Unen Moʼ
Ajaw
Lady Twelve Macaw's Temple
Queen consort of Tikal
Reign	c.682-704?
Died	c.704 Tikal
Spouse	Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I
Issue	Yikʼin Chan Kʼawiil
Religion	Maya religion

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

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.

References

• Martin, Simon; Nikolai Grube (2008). Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya (2nd ed.). London and New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500287262. OCLC 191753193.
• Sharer, Robert J.; Loa P. Traxler (2006). The Ancient Maya (6th, fully revised ed.). Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4816-0. OCLC 28067148.