Ajaw

Ajaw or Ahau /ɑːˈx/ ('Lord')[1] is a pre-Columbian Maya political title attested from epigraphic inscriptions. It is also the name of the 20th day of the tzolkʼin, the Maya divinatory calendar, on which a ruler's kʼatun-ending rituals would fall.

Logogram for the 20th named-day of the Tzolkin Maya calendar cycle, Ajaw (this version is typical of many monumental inscriptions)
  1. ^ Kettunen, Harri; Christophe Helmke (2005). Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs (PDF). Wayeb and Leiden University. p. 32. Archived from the original on 17 June 2007. Retrieved 2022-11-13.

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