History
The Kan Ek' name is recorded as being used by a king of Motul de San José, just north of Lake Petén Itzá, as far back as the Late Classic period (c. AD 600-900) of Mesoamerican chronology. Kan Ek' is mentioned in a hieroglyphic text dated to AD 766 upon Stela 10 at Yaxchilan on the west bank of the Usumacinta River. At Seibal, on the Pasión River, Stela 10, dating to 849 AD, has an inscription naming Kan Ek' as ruler of Motul de San José, which is recorded as being one of the four paramount polities in the mid-9th century, along with Calakmul, Tikal and Seibal itself. The name is also recorded on Seibal Stela 11, erected at the same time as Stela 10; it is additionally contained within inscriptions at the Great Ballcourt of Chichen Itza in Yucatán, which date to the Late Classic period.
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