CMGG entry for syllabogram sa
(This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide and Concordance.)
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Variant: comb
MC K&H TOK.p13.r4.c1
MC K&H JM TOK.p8.r2.c5
Zender-BH.p4.Fig5b Zender-BH.p4.Fig5c CPN Temple 21a Bench CPN Temple 18 SW Jamb sa.ja (part of Yax Pasaj Chan K’awiil) sa.ja (part of Yax Pasaj Chan K’awiil)
Sub-variants (2) · Full: double comb with two bars in the middle. · Single comb with two, one, or no bars on the right.
Notes · Do not confuse the (“two-comb”) full variant of sa with tz’i: o tz’i has the bolding going all the way across the ceiling, whereas sa has a break caused by the double vertical bars. · Do not confuse the (“two-comb”) full variant of sa with the boulder-only variant of to: o to has crossed bands in the middle, whereas sa doesn’t. · Do not confuse the (“two-comb”) full variant of sa with the boulder-variant of su: o sa has two symmetrically placed “combs” with a double vertical band between them whereas su has only a single vertical band separating the two halves with “whiskers” (which only superficially resemble the combs of sa). o sa has dots at the end of each tooth of the comb whereas su has no dots at the end of each “whisker”. o sa has no dots associated with the double vertical bands down the middle whereas su has two touching dots on one side of the single vertical band.
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Variant: human head
MC K&H TOK.p24.r3.c4
Sub-variants (1) · Human head with KAB in mouth – the top of the mouth is not needed – the KAB can begin immediately below the nose.
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Variant: crest
MC JM
MC JM
Sub-variants (2) · A. Full: o Top § Left: vertical scroll curling to the left (optionally bold) with protector. § Right: Touching (NW to SE) diagonal bars, optionally with reinforcement on one long and one short edge. o Bottom: AT (=circle with crossed bands in an X). · B. Reduced: top part of full form.
· Caution: it could be the case that only the full form is sa, the reduced form could be wu or hu. o The reduced form is listed as sa in JM (2002/2006) and MC (2000/2005), but these are relatively old sources. o In K&L it has already been deliberately dropped. o In BMM9, it is given as wu, and Dorota Bojkowska has a handwritten note that Beliaev suggests hu. o In FK2, it is given as hu. · Is it ever used just for spelling or words, or is it restricted the EG of NAR?
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