| Yax Yopaat | |
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| Ajaw | |
| King of Calakmul/Dzibanche | |
| Reign | 572-579 |
| Predecessor | Ut Chanal |
| Successor | Uneh Chan |
| Born | Dzibanche |
| Died | 572 Dzibanche |
| House | Snake dynasty |
| Father | Ut Chanal |
| Religion | Maya religion |
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Yax Yopaat was a Maya king of the Kaan kingdom (Calakmul) who ruled AD 572-579.
His life is mostly a mystery for us today.
A monument at Dzibanche records the celebration of the 9.7.0.0.0 k'atun ending by Yax Yopaat in AD 572; his name also appears on a carved slate mirror-back. As Sky Witness is thought to have died in 572 and Scroll Serpent acceded in 579, this king would have reigned for about six years.
References
- Braswell, Geoffrey E.; Gunn, Joel D.; Dominguez Carrasco, María del Rosario; Folan, William J.; Fletcher, Laraine A.; Morales López, Abel; Glascock, Michael D. (2005). "Defining the Terminal Classic at Calakmul, Campeche". In Arthur A. Demarest, Prudence M. Rice and Don S. Rice (ed.). The Terminal Classic in the Maya lowlands: Collapse, transition, and transformation. Boulder: University Press of Colorado. pp. 162–194. ISBN 0-87081-822-8. OCLC 61719499.
- Martin and Grube 2008:104
- Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens by Simon Martin and Nikolai Grube