K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat
Maya · mortal · classic · Recorded classification
Quiriguá is a small site with enormous monuments, and the reason is 738: a client kingdom that killed its overlord and then spent the rest of the century carving the tallest stelae in the Maya world to say so. The pairing with Copán is why both are in this batch — a beheading is only legible if the registry holds both parties, and it held neither.
Domains
- kingship
- rebellion
Relations
- enemy: Waxaklajuun Ub'aah K'awiilThe overlord who had put him on his throne.Reference treatment of the Quiriguá revolt against Copán and the war of 738. (secondary)
- killer of: Waxaklajuun Ub'aah K'awiilAnd he carved it, which is the reason it is known.Reference treatment of the capture and beheading of Copán's king by K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat in 738. (secondary)
Sources
- K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat was installed at Quiriguá by Copán's Waxaklajuun Ub'aah K'awiil in 724, declared independence in 734, and in 738 captured and beheaded the king who had installed him.: Reference treatments of K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat, the Quiriguá revolt and the execution of 738. (secondary)