Bʼalam Nehn

Bʼalam Nahn was the seventh ruler of Copan after the reformation initiated by Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ.

Bʼalam Nehn (often referred to as Waterlily Jaguar) was the first king to actually record his position in the dynastic succession, declaring that he was seventh in line from Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ.

Bʼalam Nehn is the only king of Copán to be mentioned in a hieroglyphic text from outside of the southeastern Maya region.

His name appears in a text on Stela 16 from Caracol, a site in Belize.

Bʼalam Nehn undertook major construction projects in the Acropolis, building over an early palace with a number of important structures.