·     The Classic Maya name for Motul de San José (MTL) was Ik’a’ – this is an elided form of Ik’ Ha’ = “Windy Water”.

·     It is almost always written as just IK’ (with the -a’ unwritten) – perhaps because Ajaw so frequently follows.

·     This polity was renowned for the high quality and artistry of its ceramics.

·     Tokovinine-OLGaS (2010): a slide-deck presented at the 15^th EMC = lists all the rulers discussed in Tokovinine&Zender-LoWW (see below).

o In Tokovinine-OLGaS the reign of Yeh Te' K'inich I precedes that of Sak Muwaan, but in Tokovinine&Zender-LoWW the reign of White Bird precedes that of Yeh Te' K'inich I.

·     Tokovinine&Zender-LoWW (2012) is a paper which attempts to reconstruct the entire history of MTL.

o It explains that in contrast to the large number of ceramic vessels, there are few monuments from the site/polity itself, and that what few there are, are badly eroded.

o Nevertheless, it makes a very successful attempt at piecing together a history, by combining:

§ The MTL inscriptions.

§ References to MTL in the inscriptions of other polities – ACT, DPL, FLS, HUA, ITN, ITS, MQL, PMA, SBL, YAX.

§ The glyphic text of the ceramic vessels – K533, K791, K1399, K1439, K1452, K1453, K1463, K1728, K2295, K3054, K3120, K4996, K5418, K8889.

o In total, nine rulers can be found:

§ 1. ? K'inich

§ 2. White Bird

§ 3. Yeh Te' K'inich I

§ 4. Tayel Chan K'inich

§ 5. Sihyaj K'awiil

§ 6. Yajawte' K'inich /  Yajaw Te' K'inich

§ 7. K'inich Lamaw Ek'

§ 8. Yeh Te' K'inich II

§ 9. Chan Ek'

Notes:

§ There is little information on the early and the late rulers, but for the “middle” rulers (at the height of MTL’s growth and influence) there is a considerable amount of information on Yajawte' K'inich /  Yajaw Te' K'inich and K'inich Lamaw Ek'.

§ K2295 relates to MTL but was not included in Tokovinine&Zender-LoWW.

§ Do not confuse Yajawte’ K’inich with Yeh Te' K'inich I & II. All three were rulers of Ik’a’, but the first needs no regnal number, whereas the last two are namesakes of one another and need a regnal number to distinguish them.

§ Do not confuse Yej Te’ K’inich of Sak Tz’i’ with  Yeh Te' K'inich I & II of Ik’a’.

·  The confusion could arise as they all share the same name, but the first of the three was the ruler of Sak Tz’i’ while the last two were rulers of Ik’a’.

§ Do not confuse Yej Te’ K’inich of Sak Tz’i’ and Yeh Te' K'inich I & II of Ik’a’ with “Uub/U’b” Bahlam of LAC and “Uub/U’b” Bahlam I & II of YAX.

·  The two sets of three could be confused because of the lack of a regnal number for the first of each set of three and the regnal numbers I and II for the second and third of each set of three. However, the names are completely different, so the danger of confusion is minimal.

§ Do not confuse Yajawte’ K’inich and Yeh Te' K'inich I & II with “Uub/U’b” Bahlam of LAC and “Uub/U’b” Bahlam I & II of YAX.

·  The confusion could arise among the last three, as they all share the same name, but the first of the three was the ruler of LAC in the 8^th century while the last two were rulers of YAX in the 6^th century.

·  The two sets of three could be confused because of the lack of a regnal number for the first of each set of three and the regnal numbers I and II for the second and third of each set of three. However, the difference is that the first set of three are all connected to Ik’a’ while the second set of three are connected to LAC and YAX.

§ Do not confuse Yajawte’ K’inich with Yajaw Chan Muwaan – they both have a name which begins with the slightly unexpected Yajaw. However:

·  The former was a ruler of Ik’a’.

·  The latter was a ruler of BPK / Xukalnaah / Ak’e – he was the son of Aj Sak Teles, the Sajal who was in turn a vassal of “Uub/U’b” Bahlam of LAC.

·     The colour photograph of K791 is from mayavase.com. The b&w photograph and drawing of K791 are both from AT-E1168-lecture18.t0:05:17. The colour photograph shows a “three-dot face” (eyes and nose in a triangular formation) – slightly “MIJIIN”-like. I believe that epigraphers are of the opinion that this is due to modern-day retouching (e.g. by looters and operators in the art market), so the b&w photograph has been retouched (in white) by epigraphers, to restore the original “bold-T” of IK’ (instead of the “three-dot face”). The drawing, used by Tokovinine for pedagogical purposes, hence reflects this restoration, which causes the invalid retouching to be undone.