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A Ceramic Vessel of Unknown Provenance in Bonn
Prager, Christian M.; Gronemeyer, Sven; Wagner, Elisabeth (2015-01-05)This initial epigraphic note by the members of the "Text Database and Dictionary of Classic Mayan" project is dedicated to text and image of a hitherto unpublished ceramic vessel that is on display in the Bonner ... -
A Possible Logograph XAN “Palm” in Maya Writing
Prager, Christian M.; Wagner, Elisabeth (2016-11-17)This epigraphic note explores the idea that Maya scribes invented and used a sign for “palm, guano” in their writing system. Epigraphic and linguistic data strongly support our hypothesis that the graph A27 renders the ... -
A Preliminary Ruling Sequence of Cobá, Quintana Roo
Gronemeyer, Sven (2004)Within this note, I will make the attempt to establish a preliminary dynastic sequence for Cobá. Unfortunately, no key expressions for the demarcation of distinctive rulers can definitely be made out in the texts, such as ... -
Annual Report for 2014
Prager, Christian M.; Diederichs, Katja; Gronemeyer, Sven; Wagner, Elisabeth; Brodhun, Maximilian; Diehr, Franziska; Maier, Petra; Grube, Nikolai (2014-12-19)The incompletely deciphered hieroglyphic script and language of the Maya constitutes the primary focus of the research project under discussion here, which is being carried out cooperatively by the Universities of Bonn and ... -
Beobachtungen zur possessiven Morphologie von Glyphe F
Gronemeyer, Sven (2003)Vorliegende Notiz beschäftigt sich mit den Flexionsaffixen von Glyphe F, die zusammen mit Glyphe G die in der Literatur so bezeichneten "Neun Herren der Nacht" benennt (Thompson 1950: 208). -
Filling the Grid? More Evidence for the <t’a> Syllabogram
Gronemeyer, Sven (2016-09-07)This epigraphic note reviews David Stuart’s proposal for a t’a syllabogram and enriches the evidence for his reading by providing more examples in different productive contexts. -
Glyphs G and F: Identified as Aspects of the Maize God
Gronemeyer, Sven (2006)Consequently, though many single signs of each G-Glyph have been deciphered in the last decades in other contexts, no attempt was undertaken to re-apply these readings to the G-Glyphs and to make a critical review of the ... -
Historical Implications of the Early Classic Hieroglyphic Text CPN 3033 on the Sculptured Step of Structure 10L 11-Sub-12 at Copan
Prager, Christian M.; Wagner, Elisabeth (2017-08-31)This paper examines the hieroglyphic text carved on an Early Classic hieroglyphic step found in 1935 in Copan Structure 10L-11-Sub-12. -
Jun Yop Ixiim – Another Appellative for the Ancient Maya Maize God
Wagner, Elisabeth (2017-10-19)The present note will discuss a new reading of the initial hieroglyphic block (D1) of K’inich Janaab Pakal II’s (henceforth: Pakal) nominal phrase as recorded in the inscription on the Oval Palace Tablet at Palenque. -
A Logogram for WAX “Grey Fox” in Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
Prager, Christian M. (2021-07)A new Maya hieroglyphic sign for "fox" has been identified. The discovery, which represents the term wax 'fox', complements the previously known signs for "dog" and "fox". -
Modellierung eines digitalen Zeichenkatalogs für die Hieroglyphen des Klassischen Maya: Ein neues Konzept zur Klassifikation von Schriftzeichen sowie der qualitativen Bewertung und Einstufung von Entzifferungshypothesen
Diehr, Franziska; Brodhun, Maximilian; Gronemeyer, Sven; Diederichs, Katja; Prager, Christian M.; Wagner, Elisabeth; Grube, Nikolai (2017)Im Projekt “Textdatenbank und Wörterbuch des Klassischen Maya” stellt der Zeichen-katalog eine der wichtigsten Komponenten zur Erstellung des digitalen Textkorpus und dessen linguistischer Analyse dar. Für die noch nicht ... -
Morphological Glossing of Mayan Languages under XML: Preliminary Results
Sachse, Frauke; Dürr, Michael (2016-01-13)This paper summarises the results of a workshop that was held at the Department for the Anthropology of the Americas of the University of Bonn between 4-6 September 2014. The workshop aimed at discussing and defining ... -
Neue Ergebnisse in der Erforschung der Graphemik und Graphetik des Klassischen Maya
Prager, Christian M.; Gronemeyer, Sven (2018)The hitherto only partially deciphered Maya hieroglyphic writing system is one of the most em-inent examples of the development of writing in the world. The present article discusses a new description scheme for graphemes ... -
The Orthographic Conventions of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing: Being a Contribution to the Phonemic Reconstruction of Classic Mayan
Gronemeyer, Sven (2014)This study investigates the orthography of Maya writing on an empirical and statistical basis. It restricts itself to the realisation of certain grammatical morphemes that are selected as representative showcases. Furthermore, ... -
The Sign 576 as a Logograph for KUK, a Type of Bundle
Prager, Christian M. (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 ... -
The Forms of Glyph X of the Lunar Series
Grube, Nikolai (2018-03-12)The Lunar Series of Classic Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions still presents intriguing mysteries to the scholar. Although the significance of many of its elements has been discovered thanks to hundred years of research, there ... -
The Logogram JALAM
Grube, Nikolai (2016-03-24)Several logographic signs in Maya hieroglyphic writing resist decipherment because they occur only in a few and semantically very limited contexts. One of these idiosyncratic logograms is the sign which is listed as T284 ... -
The Month Name Wayeb': A Substitution Pattern
Prager, Christian M. (2003)This note is concerned with the hieroglyph for the Maya month Wayeb. The standard variant of this glyph consists of the signs T157:548. The sign T157 and its allographs T728 / T769 depict the gaping lower jaw of the earth ... -
The Term “Lima Bean Vessel” in the Classic Mayan Lexicon
Prager, Christian M. (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 ... -
Two Captives from Uxul
Grube, Nikolai; Esparza Olguín, Octavio Quetzalcoatl (2017-06-28)Our understanding of Classic Maya politics relies to a large degree on hieroglyphic inscriptions recording wars, victories, and the taking of important captives.