Yichʼaak Bahlam
Ajaw
Stela 16 from Dos Pilas depicts the defeated king Yichʼaak Bʼalam.
King of Seibal
Reignc.735-c.750?
ReligionMaya religion

Yichʼaak Bʼalam was a Maya king of Seibal.

Biography

In AD 735 Uchaʼan Kʼin Bʼalam - the fourth king of Dos Pilas kingdom - attacked Seibal, capturing Yichʼaak Bʼalam.[1] The captive king was not executed but rather became a vassal of his more powerful neighbour.[2] Yichʼaak Bʼalam is shown under the feet of Uchaʼan Kʼin Bʼalam on Aguateca Stela 2.[3]

Yichʼaak Bʼalam continued as a vassal under the next king of Dos Pilas, Kʼawiil Chan Kʼinich, who presided over rituals at Seibal in 745 and 747.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Jaguar Claw"
  2. ↑ Sharer & Traxler 2006, p. 520. Martin & Grube 2000, p. 58, 61. Coe 1999, p. 130. Schele & Mathews 1999, p. 177.
  3. ↑ Sharer & Traxler 2006, p. 407.
  4. ↑ Sharer & Traxler 2006, p. 408.
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