[Aztlan] Copan Stelae C and B

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It is widely accepted that Uaxlajuun Ub'aah K'awiil or 18 Rabbit ruled from
January 2 695AD to 738AD (corr.85) in Copan.

It is said that Copan Stela C was errected after the first katun of his
rulership. So it is also said that the date mentioned on Stela C must be
9.14.0.0.0, 6 Ahaw 13 Muan December 3 711AD (corr.83). If that LC-date,
mentioned on Stela C, is correct, than the accession of the 13th Ruler 18
Rabbit must be happened on 9.13.0.0.0, 8 Ahaw 8 Wo or March 16 692 (corr.83)
and not on January 2 695AD (corr.85).

The LC-date on Copan Stela B is 9.15.0.0.0, 4 Ahaw 3 Yax or August 20 731AD
(corr.83).

As practically all Stelae on the Great Ceremonial Plaza were erected to
commemorate 18 Rabbit, than Stelae B must a commemoration of the second
katun of his rulership.

But, in his Index of Carved Stelae, Christophe Helmke mentioned the LC-date
of 9.17.12.0.0 for Stela C, referring to Baudez 1994, fig 7.9, page 29-31.

By the way why is everybody speaking of katun-endings when they refer to
LC-date like 9.14.0.0.0. According to my humble opinion a katun-ending is
like 9.13.19.17.19 of the katun beginning with 9.13.0.0.0  

Lahun Ik 62

Baert Georges

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