23rd Ruler was an ''

ajaw Ajaw or Ahau ('Lord') is a pre-Columbian Maya civilization, Maya political title attested from epigraphy, epigraphic inscriptions. It is also the name of the 20th day of the ''tzolkʼin'', the Maya divinatory calendar, on which a ruler's ''kʼat ...

'' of the

Maya Maya may refer to: Civilizations * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (Ethiopia), a popul ...

city of

Tikal Tikal () (''Tik’al'' in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in Guatemala. It is one of the largest archeological sites and urban centers of the pre-C ...

. He ruled around the year 635. Information about this ''ajaw'' and his successor 24th Ruler are scarce. K'inich Muwaan Jol II is estimated to have been 23rd or 24th Ruler because he may have been the father of the 25th ''ajaw'',

Nuun Ujol Chaak Nuun Ujol ChaakThe ruler's name, when transcribed is ?-(u)-JOL CHA:K, translated "?-headed CHAAK", Martin & Grube 2008, p.42. also known as Shield Skull and Nun Bak Chak (born before 657-c.679CE), was an ''ajaw'' of the major Maya city of Tikal ...

.Martin & Grube 2008, p.42.

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* Year of death unknown Monarchs of Tikal 7th century in the Maya civilization 7th-century monarchs in North America Year of birth unknown {{Mesoamerica-stub