Sak Kʼukʼ

Sak Kʼukʼ^{[N 1]} also known as Muwaan Mat, Lady Sak Kʼukʼ and Lady Beastie (died 640), was queen of the Maya city-state of Palenque. She acceded to the throne in October, 612 and ruled until 615.^{[N 2][2]}

Sak Kʼukʼ
Ajaw
Sak Kʼukʼ's portrait in a lintel of 615
Queen of Palenque
Reign	19 October 612 – 615 (abdicated)
Predecessor	Ajen Yohl Mat
Successor	Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I
Born	Palenque
Died	12 September 640[1] Palenque
Spouse	Kʼan Moʼ Hix
Issue	Ajen Yohl Mat (possibly) Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I
Father	Janahb Pakal (possibly)
Mother	Yohl Ikʼnal
Religion	Maya religion
Signature

Biography

Her father was Janahb Pakal and her mother was Yohl Ikʼnal or unknown.^[3] As Janaab Pakal seems to have had no male heirs, she ascended to the throne on 19 October 612, a few months after her father's death. After his maturity, her son Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I succeeded her as ruler on 9.9.2.4.8 5 Lamat 1 Mol.^[4][5] She seems to have continued to wield considerable influence over Palenque in the early decades of her son's reign. For example, Sak Kʼukʼ is recorded on Pakal's sarcophagus lid as the ruler who celebrated the sealing of the Kʼatun on 9.10.0.0.0 (25 January 633 AD). She was probably mother of Ajen Yohl Mat.^[6][7]

Notes

1. The ruler's name, when transcribed is ?-[MUWA꞉N]MAT.
2. These are the dates indicated on the Maya inscriptions in Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, Acceded: 9.8.19.7.18 9 Etzʼnab 6 Keh.