1 - Histomesoamericana

Can Ul, dividing the heirs of
Hapay Can. And Kukul Can
found out and killed and tortured
the nobles and did in the
Hapay Cans for the sin of their
lord. Itzam Can was named
designate; then came the usurpation
of Can Ul. Ahau Can
was the candidate with the
Chichens. Who was Can Uli He
was announced as lord in his
final office by inheritance from
his father. It was another triumph
for the orders of Ants,
EIGHT AHAU 19
Lei tah mehen*
Hapai Can la e
Ca natab i
T u men Kukul Can e
Ca xot i
Ucal
Uyiob
U y ub ob
T u lacal y al
U mehen
C u pactic
U luk Hapai Caan
Lei ah cuch teob
U cuchah u keban y ahau ob*
Ca tun hopp i
U tumtic Itzam Caan*
Ca tal y ocol
U keban y ahau Can Ul
Ca hok i
Ahau Caan
T u Chi Ch'enob
Uai
Max
Can Ul?*
T u chican e*
Ti hok i
Ahau i
Ox lahun te u cuch
Ca sihsab i
T u men u yum
Lai hun ppel cu*
Yubil
Sink
Balamil
This was the division of the sons
280 Of Hapay Can.
Then it was understood
By Kukul Can.
Then were cut
The throats,
285 The eyes,
The ears
Of all the born
And engendered children.
Then he folded
290 The removal of the Hapay Cans,
Who were made to be the bearers,
And bore the sin of their lord.
And then began
The renewal of Itzam Can.
295 Then came stealing,
The sin of the lord Can Ul.
Then appeared
Ahau Can
With the Chichens
300 Here.
Who
Was Can Ul?
He was manifested then
And appeared
305 As lord,
His thirteenth burden,
To which he was engendered
Through his father.
This was one more seat
310 And mantle
Of the Ants
And Jaguars,
(note continued from preceding page)
Both Can Ul and Ahau Can could have had a claim to patrilineal succession
through their fathers' mothers, who could well have been sisters of Ul Ahau, but
Ahau Can's grandmother neglected to marry incestuously. Presumably Can Ul
went to better schools.
279. Barrera 1948: 224 reads tah as 'tribute'.
292. The text makes no distinction between the plural -ob and the third person
plural pronoun ob or between the possessive use of the pronoun and its use as
subject or object of a verb. I have made the first distinction where possible by
treating the plural as an attached suffix and the pronoun as a separate word. It
makes a difference, as in this case: u keban y ahauob 'the sin of the lords' or u
keban y ahau ob 'the sin of their lord'. See also line 5160.
294. Barrera 1948: 224 has 'test'.
302. Barrera 1948: 224 sees this as a place-name: Maxcanu 'guardian monkey'.
303. Barrera 1948: 224 says 'at the beginning of the mountains'.
309. Barrera 1948: 225 has it as 'but he was valiant in war and had the Wooden
Mask of the Breath Squeezer and was Flint Powerful'.