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

Translation: La Florida
Part of speech: Noun

Spellings of naman

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<na.MAN>:AJAW

 

                                                      

Stuart                                               Stuart                                  

PNG Stela 1 I1                                 PNG Stela 1 K2                  

IX.<{na}MAN:ni:AJAW>                IX.<{na}MAN:ni:AJAW>    

 

                                                                               

Stuart                                                    Stuart                                                Stuart

PNG Stela 3 A10                                  PNG Stela 3 D3a                              PNG Stela 3 E4

<IX:na>.<*MAN:*ni:AJAW>              <IX:na>.<MAN:ni:AJAW>               <IX:na>.<MAN:ni:AJAW>

 

·     Houston-QV.p1.para3: Namaan is identified with La Florida, Guatemala.

·     The existence of an underspelled na in PNG Stela 1 can be inferred from a number of other PNG inscriptions referring to the same person.

·     On the question of whether FLD was a vassal of PNG or an independent polity, the answer seems to be the latter. Tuszyńska-PhD.p162.para1: The marriage of the ruler of Piedras Negras – K'inich Yo'nal Ahk II – in AD 687 to a princess of Namaan (La Florida) was supposedly arranged by his father, an earlier ruler named Itzam K'an Ahk, who also married a woman of the royal court of Namaan. Such successive alliances based on marriages probably resulted from friendly relations maintained by both centers, although they were probably also politically motivated and could be concluded due to the strategic location of Namaan.