Category
page 1Maya inscriptions
Ajaw
Ajaw or Ahau ('Lord') is a pre-Columbian Maya political title attested from epigraphic inscriptions. It is also the name of the 20th day of the tzolkʼin, the Maya divinatory calendar, on which a ruler's kʼatun-ending rituals would fall.
Altar Q
Maya stone sculpture found at Copán in present-day Honduras
Yaxchilan Lintel 24
Ancient Maya limestone carving from Yaxchilan in modern Chiapas, Mexico