 Lamaw Ek' appears to have ruled directly after Yajawte' K'inich but was not his son, on one vessel his father is given the title "k'uhul Ik'nal", a "divine noble of Motul de San José" but not the king (whose title is "k'uhul ajaw" or "divine lord").Each of these two rulers had his own dedicated master painter.The artist of Yajawte' K'inich is named on the ceramics as T'uubal Ajaw, Lord of T'uubal.