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'''Ruler X''' (also '''Governor X''') is the designation given by archaeologists to a [[pre-Columbian]] [[Maya civilization|Maya]] ruler at the site of [[Rio Azul]], whose name [[Maya script|glyphs]] have otherwise not been satisfactorily deciphered.<ref>Adams (1999, pp.80,96)</ref> Ruler X is associated with Tomb 1 located in Structure C-1, where a mural inscription on the walls of the tomb carries the [[Mesoamerican Long Count calendar|Long Count]] date of '''8.19.1.9.13'''.<ref>Adams (1999, pp.80–81)</ref> This date, equivalent to September 27, 417 [[Common Era|CE]] in the [[proleptic Gregorian calendar]],<ref>Using the GMT-correlation ([[Julian day|JDN]]=584,283).</ref>  has been interpreted as the birth date of this ruler.<ref>Adams (1999, p.81)</ref>
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==References==
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* {{cite book |author=Adams, Richard E.W. |year=1991 |title=Prehistoric Mesoamerica |edition=Revised |location=Norman |publisher=[[University of Oklahoma Press]] |isbn=0-8061-2304-4 |oclc=22593466 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/prehistoricmesoa0000adam }}
* {{cite book |author=Adams, Richard E.W.   |year=1999 |title=Río Azul: An Ancient Maya City |location=Norman |publisher=[[University of Oklahoma Press]] |isbn=0-8061-3076-8 |oclc=39951697}}
* {{cite book |author=Culbert, T. Patrick   |year=1991 |chapter=Polities in the northeast Peten, Guatemala |title=Classic Maya Political History: Hieroglyphic and Archaeological Evidence |editor=T. Patrick Culbert|series=[[School of American Research]] advanced seminar series |location=Cambridge |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |pages=128–146|isbn=0-521-39210-1 |oclc=20931118}}
* {{cite book |author=Sharer, Robert J. |authorlink=Robert Sharer |author2=Loa P. Traxler |year=2006 |title=The Ancient Maya |edition=6th edition (fully revised) |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]] |location=Stanford, CA |isbn=0-8047-4816-0 |oclc=28067148 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/ancientmaya0006shar }}
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[[Category:Maya monarchs]]
[[Category:Date of birth uncertain]]
[[Category:Date of death unknown]]
[[Category:5th-century monarchs in North America]]
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