CMGG entry for syllabogram je      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide.)
From: Lee, S. Classic Maya Glyph Guide, Part 1. Amsterdam: Self-published, 2023-2025. Contact: maya.glyphs@yahoo.com.
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Variant: full

                         

MCReading the Maya Glyphs (Coe, van Stone; 2001) = K&Hhttps:/​/​www.mesoweb.com/​resources/​handbook/​IMH2020.pdf Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs (Kettunen & Helmke; 17th revised edition, 2020)                      JMDictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs (Montgomery; 2002)                              

 

TOKhttps:/​/​www.mesoweb.com/​resources/​catalog/​Tokovinine_​Catalog.pdf Beginner's Visual Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs (Tokovinine; 2017).p34.r1.c4

 

Graham

YAX Lintel 47 B8-C1

yi:pi ya.<je:le>

 

                              

MCReading the Maya Glyphs (Coe, van Stone; 2001) = K&Hhttps:/​/​www.mesoweb.com/​resources/​handbook/​IMH2020.pdf Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphs (Kettunen & Helmke; 17th revised edition, 2020)                              JMDictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs (Montgomery; 2002)                                       TOKhttps:/​/​www.mesoweb.com/​resources/​catalog/​Tokovinine_​Catalog.pdf Beginner's Visual Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs (Tokovinine; 2017).p10.r3.c3

 

                       

M&GChronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens - Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya (Martin, Grube; 2008).p158.5                                               MHD (Graham)

PAL TI Sarcophagus Lid 34-35                  PAL Bench 1 / Subterranean Throne glyph-block B

<a:je>.<ne:{y}OHL> ma:ta                        a.je.ne

 

·    Do not confuse the reduced variant of je with a reduced variant of AKAN = “grass”, “grassland”:

o The reduced variant of je is three touching circles (each with three ticks and a dot) which peek out from the behind the bottom of any glyphs covering it, i.e. are (visually) below the covering glyph.

o The reduced variant of AKAN is three touching circles (each with three ticks and a dot) which peek out from the behind the top of any glyphs covering it, i.e. are (visually) above the covering glyph.

 

Sub-variants (2)

·    A. Full:

o Top – boulder:

§ (Optionally) bold outer edge.

§ Curved ladder inside, with bold or non-bold rungs – ladder can be replaced by curved arcs, making the entire element “LEM”-like.

o Bottom: three touching circles, each circle has:

§ Top: tiny dot.

§ Bottom: three short ticks.

·    B. Reduced: the three touching circles of the bottom of the full form.