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Sky Witness

Type Figure Region Mesoamerica Time c. 540–572 Also known as Ut Chanal、Testigo del Cielo

Sky Witness (also read as Ut Chanal) was a 6th-century ruler of the Kaan (Snake) dynasty, with epigraphic activity c. 561–572.…

Timeline

c. 561–572Dzibanche · Quintana RooFirst attested in inscriptions from c. 561. In the star war against Tikal recorded in the Caracol inscription of 562, the Kaan side is often identified as Sky Witness's hegemonic network; Tikal's ruler Wak Chan K'awiil was captured and killed. This victory should not be written up as Calakmul playing merely a "diplomatic role," nor should a childhood upbringing in the Calakmul court be invented.

Sources

Sky Witness (ruler) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Witness_(ruler)
Calakmul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calakmul
First Tikal–Calakmul War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Tikal%E2%80%93Calakmul_War