CMGG entry for syllabogram pa      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide and Concordance.)

Variant: boulder

                              

MC                            K&H                                 JM                        TOK.p11.r2.c1

 

·     AT-YT2021-lecture20.t0:00:56-01:48 (only the boulder form is shown in the slide, neither the head variant nor the full-figure variant are shown, only described): This is a syllable pa. And it's actually not black - it's really cross-hatching. In painting and in carving, it basically shows a piece of net. We don't know why, but [the] Ancient Mayas thought that men dressed in full-body net suits are funny. And so Maya clowns looked like people dressed in full-body net suits with very large exaggerated noses, and they carry rattles. There's a whole article written about what Maya clowns look like. So the full form of this sign is a whole fellow looking like that, and that’s just a piece a net [pointing to the reduced form].

 

Variant: split

MC.159.c2.r1.3

 

Variant: clown head

                                   

MC                                    JM.p199                     S&Z.p33                            TOK.p23.r2.c3

 

·     See note under the boulder form for an explanation of the cross-hatching.