Ruler X (Rio Azul)

Ruler X (also Governor X) is the designation given by archaeologists to a pre-Columbian Maya ruler at the site of Rio Azul, whose name glyphs have otherwise not been satisfactorily deciphered.^[1] Ruler X is associated with Tomb 1 located in Structure C-1, where a mural inscription on the walls of the tomb carries the Long Count date of 8.19.1.9.13.^[2] This date, equivalent to September 27, 417 CE in the proleptic Gregorian calendar,^[3] has been interpreted as the birth date of this ruler.^[4]

Notes

1. Adams (1999, pp.80,96)
2. Adams (1999, pp.80–81)
3. Using the GMT-correlation (JDN=584,283).
4. Adams (1999, p.81)

References

• Adams, Richard E.W. (1991). Prehistoric Mesoamerica (Revised ed.). Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-2304-4. OCLC 22593466.
• Adams, Richard E.W. (1999). Río Azul: An Ancient Maya City. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3076-8. OCLC 39951697.
• Culbert, T. Patrick (1991). "Polities in the northeast Peten, Guatemala". In T. Patrick Culbert (ed.). Classic Maya Political History: Hieroglyphic and Archaeological Evidence. School of American Research advanced seminar series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 128–146. ISBN 0-521-39210-1. OCLC 20931118.
• Sharer, Robert J.; Loa P. Traxler (2006). The Ancient Maya (6th edition (fully revised) ed.). Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4816-0. OCLC 28067148.