Sak Muwaan was a king of the
Maya
Maya may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples
* Maya (East Africa), a p ...
city
Motul de San José
''Motul de San José'' is an ancient Maya civilization, Maya site (known anciently as ''Ik'a'', 'Windy Water') located just north of Lake Petén Itzá in the Petén Basin region of the southern Maya lowlands. It is a few kilometres from the moder ...
in
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
. He ruled sometime between 700 and 726.
An Ik-style
vessel possesses a hieroglyphic text declaring that it was the property of Chuy-ti Chan, the son of Sak Muwaan. Chuy-ti Chan is described as an artist and ballplayer.
[Reents-Budet et al 2007, p. 1419]
His successor was
Yajaw Te' K'inich.
References
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Kings of Motul de San José
8th-century Maya people
8th-century monarchs in North America