Kʼukʼ Bahlam I,[N 1] also known as Kuk and Bahlum Kʼukʼ, (March 30, 397 – 435?

), was a founder and ajaw of the ruling dynasty at the Maya city of Palenque.

He founded the dynasty on March 10, 431.

[N 2][1] One stone censer stand portrays one of the Palenque kings named Kʼukʼ Bahlam, as the subject can be identified by a quetzal (kʼuk') headdress and jaguar (bahlam) ears.

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