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Tz'atz' Nah, a "New" Term in the Classic Mayan Lexicon
(2015-04-22)
The inscriptions of Palenque provide us with a number of extended narrative texts that are rich sources of Classic Maya terms for various classes of objects, used both in simple descriptions and in metaphorical contexts. ...
The Term “Lima Bean Vessel” in the Classic Mayan Lexicon
(2018-12-10)
This research note, in sum, has proven that the Classic Maya used bowls in which beans were prepared and probably served as food, and designated some ceramics for this purpose with glyphic tags. With the identification of ...
The Sign 576 as a Logograph for KUK, a Type of Bundle
(2020-04-02)
The decipherment KUK for sign 576 that has been tested here proves productive for understanding its occurrences in Palenque (yok kuk ch’ajan ‘guardian of the tied bundle’) and for reading the name phrase of the way creature ...