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id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Pre-Columbian" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-Columbian">pre-Columbian</a> <a href="/wiki/Maya_civilization" title="Maya civilization">Maya</a> political title attested from <a href="/wiki/Epigraphy" title="Epigraphy">epigraphic</a> inscriptions. It is also the name of the 20th day of the <i><a href="/wiki/Tzolk%CA%BCin" title="Tzolkʼin">tzolkʼin</a></i>, the Maya divinatory calendar, on which a ruler's <i><a href="/wiki/K%CA%BCatun" title="Kʼatun">kʼatun</a></i>-ending rituals would fall. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MAYA-g-log-cal-D20-Ajaw.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/MAYA-g-log-cal-D20-Ajaw.svg/180px-MAYA-g-log-cal-D20-Ajaw.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/MAYA-g-log-cal-D20-Ajaw.svg/270px-MAYA-g-log-cal-D20-Ajaw.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/MAYA-g-log-cal-D20-Ajaw.svg/360px-MAYA-g-log-cal-D20-Ajaw.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="319" data-file-height="299" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Logogram" title="Logogram">Logogram</a> for the 20th named-day of the <a href="/wiki/Tzolkin" class="mw-redirect" title="Tzolkin">Tzolkin</a> <a href="/wiki/Maya_calendar" title="Maya calendar">Maya calendar</a> cycle, <i>Ajaw</i> (this version is typical of many monumental inscriptions)</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajaw&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The word is known from several <a href="/wiki/Mayan_languages" title="Mayan languages">Mayan languages</a> both those in pre-Columbian use (such as in <a href="/wiki/Classic_Maya_language" title="Classic Maya language">Classic Maya</a>), as well as in their contemporary descendant languages (in which there may be observed some slight variations). "Ajaw" is the modernised <a href="/wiki/Orthography" title="Orthography">orthography</a> in the standard revision of Mayan orthography, put forward in 1994 by the <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemalan</a> <i>Academia de Lenguas Mayas</i>, and now widely adopted by <a href="/wiki/Mayanist" title="Mayanist">Mayanist</a> scholars. Before this standardisation, it was more commonly written as "Ahau", following the orthography of 16th-century <a href="/wiki/Yucatec_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Yucatec language">Yucatec Maya</a> in Spanish transcriptions (now <i>Yukatek</i> in the modernised style). </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Maya_hieroglyphics" class="mw-redirect" title="Maya hieroglyphics">Maya hieroglyphics</a> <a href="/wiki/Writing_system" title="Writing system">writing system</a>, the representation of the word <i>ajaw</i> could be as either a <a href="/wiki/Logogram" title="Logogram">logogram</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Introduction16_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Introduction16-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or spelled-out <a href="/wiki/Syllable" title="Syllable">syllabically</a>. In either case, quite a few <a href="/wiki/Glyph" title="Glyph">glyphic</a> variants are known.<sup id="cite_ref-Introduction16_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Introduction16-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A picture of the ruler sometimes substitutes for the more abstract day sign. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Meaning">Meaning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajaw&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Meaning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Ajaw</i> denoted any of the leading class of nobles in a particular polity. It was not limited to a single individual, with a meaning variously rendered as "leader", "ruler", "lord", "king", or "queen", depending on the individual. Since the <i>ajaw</i> performed religious activities, it also designated a member of the <a href="/wiki/Maya_priesthood" title="Maya priesthood">Maya priesthood</a>. The variant <i>kʼuhul ajaw</i> ("divine lord") indicates a sovereign leader of a polity, although the extent of the territory and influence controlled by an <i>ajaw</i> varied considerably, and <i>kʼuhul ajaw</i> could also be applied to persons who, in theory, recognised the overlordship of another person, dynasty, or state. When the title was given to women rulers, such as <a href="/wiki/Lady_K%E2%80%99awiil_Ajaw" class="mw-redirect" title="Lady K’awiil Ajaw">K'awiil Ajaw</a> (640-681 AD) of <a href="/wiki/Coba" title="Coba">Coba</a>, the term was sometimes prefixed with the sign Ix ("woman") to indicate their gender. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Earliest_evidence">Earliest evidence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajaw&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Earliest evidence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The archaeological site of <a href="/wiki/K%CA%BCo" title="Kʼo">Kʼo</a>, associated with the Classic <a href="/wiki/Maya_city" class="mw-redirect" title="Maya city">Maya city</a> of <a href="/wiki/Holmul" title="Holmul">Holmul</a> located in modern-day <a href="/wiki/Guatemala" title="Guatemala">Guatemala</a>, boasts what may be the royal tomb of the earliest-known Mayan ruler. This tomb has been dated to 350-300 BC. It contains the earliest evidence of the institution of ajaw in the Maya Lowlands.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajaw&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Halach_Uinik" title="Halach Uinik">Halach Uinik</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajaw&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKettunen,_HarriChristophe_Helmke2005" class="citation book cs1">Kettunen, Harri; Christophe Helmke (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mesoweb.com/resources/handbook/index.html"><i>Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(<a href="/wiki/PDF" title="PDF">PDF</a>)</span>. 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