CMGG entry for chatahn winik      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide and Concordance.)

Translation: title of rulers subordinate to calakmul
Part of speech: Noun

Spellings of chatahn winik

                                                            

GrubeEtAl-URSK.p25.fig7d                                                             GrubeEtAl-URSK.p25.fig7e                           

K5424                                                                                                 K4644                                                               

<K’UH{ul}:cha>.<TAHN:WINIK>  SAK.<wa:WAY:si>                    <K’UH{ul}:cha>.<TAHN:WINIK> SAK.<WAY:si?>

 

                   

AT-YT2021-lecture13.t0:26:44 = AT-YT2021-lecture24.t0:09:14             

CLK Structure XX HB glyph-block-G

K’UH{ul}.cha.<TAHN.WINIK>

 

                                           

MartinEtAl-SaS.p2.fig2                                              MartinEtAl-SaS.p3.fig3

CLK Stela 51 G4-H1                                                    CLK Stela 89 K4

<K’UH{ul}.cha>.<TAHN:na>  WINIK:ki                     <K’UH{ul}:*cha:TAHN>.<WINIK:ki>

 

·     VázquezEtAl-TSFofTKCW.Summary: Dozens of Maya ceramics from the Late Classic period feature the epithet "k’uhul chatahn winik", ‘divine person of Chatahn’. Most of these are codex-style vessels of unknown provenance, but some specimens have been recovered during archaeological explorations at Calakmul, Nakbe, and Tintal. Moreover, the same title appears in monumental inscriptions, most prominently at Calakmul, where there are at least four examples. Despite a recent increase in research on this specific title, the different assessments of its meaning and social function are far from being a consensus. In this paper we re-examine the texts which include this epithet and, where possible, their archaeological contexts, which are still under-studied. Based on the presented evidence, we discuss different scenarios, which might explain the title’s temporal and spatial distribution. Furthermore, the pairing of the expression "k’uhul chatahn winik" with other titles, as well as its toponymic element are topics to be explored. Finally, we argue that the epithet was used as an Emblem Glyph by the members of a lineage that played an important role at Calakmul and surrounding sites, before and after the arrival of the Kanu’l lords.

·     GrubeEtAl-URSK.p21.para2.l-2: The hieroglyph k'uhul chatahn(?) winik "Holy chatahn person" also appears in Calakmul during the Early Classic (as part of a ruler's name on Stela 43 and on the Hieroglyphic Bench from Structure XX), and during the Late Classic in the name of a sculptor on Stelae 51 and 89 (Grube, 2004: 121-122). The hieroglyph is also part of the name-phrases of rulers from certain other polities and is very common on codex-style ceramics—which were produced under the patronage of a lord bearing this title. The status of Chatahn as a distinct political entity of one kind or another is emphasized on the altar from Altar de los Reyes, where it is followed by some twelve conventional emblem glyphs, including that of Calakmul (Grube, 2008: 182).