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Bolon Kʼawiil II
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Bolon Kʼawiil II[pronunciation?] was a Maya king[1][2] of Calakmul (>771-789?>).[3] His monuments are Stelae 57 and 58 in his city.[4]
Stele 88, an AD 751 monument of the just-previous ruler apparently depicting his queen, carries a mention of Bolon Kʼawiil; the same name appears on a block of hieroglyphic stairway recently recovered from Structure 13, dating to just after 751.[5] This is apparently the same Bolon Kʼawiil who erected Stelae 57 and 58 on the east side of Structure 13 to mark 9.17.0.0.0—the end of the seventeenth kʼatun—in 771.[6]
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Etymology
This king was named after the principal deity of the Maya royal lines.[7] This was God K, who personifies the lightning axe of the rain deity.[8] Bolon means "nine."[9][10]
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