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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. ...
Filling the Grid? More Evidence for the <t’a> Syllabogram
(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.
Neue Ergebnisse in der Erforschung der Graphemik und Graphetik des Klassischen Maya
(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
(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, ...
Annual Report for 2014
(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 ...
What Could Happen in 2012: A Re-Analysis of the 13-Bak’tun Prophecy on Tortuguero Monument 6
(2010)
The so-called “end of the world” – scheduled for the winter solstice of 2012 by certain groups of people – is moving rapidly into public focus. The topic receives ever more publicity in the media; Hollywood has even jumped ...
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
(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 ...
A Ceramic Vessel of Unknown Provenance in Bonn
(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 ...