Variant: rectangular
MC JM K&H
Sub-variants (1)
· A. Rectangular:
o Left:
§ Top: dot.
§ Middle: a series of horizontal ticks ending the left (after a very small space) with a smaller (or even tiny) dot.
§ Bottom: dot.
o Right: vertical bar.
Notes
· Historically speaking this was AJ, but towards the end of the Classic, often a as well. (lost reference, perhaps a Tokovinine lecture?).
Variant: bird head
MC JM MC TOK.p26.r5.c1
MC JM MC K&H TOK.p9.r1.c6
MC JM K&H TOK.p8.r1.c4&c5
Graham (Coll-2) mayavase.com
MQL Structure 4 Stones F.3 K7786 PSS-A
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Sub-variants (4)
· A. Full bird-head:
o Most of glyph is the head, with the narrow beak on the left.
o Upper and lower beak present.
o Scroll on the bottom middle or right.
· B. Slim bird-head:
o Narrow vertical rectangle.
o Head reduced to the top part with eye.
o Upper beak only – inner edge can be reinforced and optionally cross-hatched.
o Can be vertical or angled.
· C. Stylized bird-head:
o Narrow vertical rectangle.
o The head is reduced.
o Lower beak only – inner edge can be reinforced.
o Row of 3-4 dots separate the head from the beak (can also be a horizontal line with 3 “bumps”, optionally with tiny dots inside the bumps).
o A column of vertical dots on the left.
· D. Full bird-head plus wing:
o The whole wing of the bird is also shown below the head.
I’ve only seen two instances of this (MQL Structure 4 Stones F.3, K7786 PSS-A, shown above), and it’s questionable whether this is a sub-variant, or just the one-off whim of the artist.