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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". -
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 ... -
Shedding New Light on the Maya Stela from Hix Witz in Stuttgart
Prager, Christian M.; Gronemeyer, Sven; Wagner, Elisabeth (2020-05-25)A Maya stela with a hieroglyphic text and a portrayal of a Maya ruler that is now in the collections of the Linden Museum in Stuttgart, Germany (inventory no. M 30751), has received scant attention from scholars to date ... -
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 ... -
Yet Another “Decipherment” of the Isthmian Writing2 System
Vonk, Thomas (2020-02-12)The <em>qW</em> << 0:1 condition hypothesis is formulated as an estimating quick test for the feasibility of a structurally unique and therefore uncontroversial decipherment<br />of a given morpho-phonographic ...