CMGG entry for "{YUK}EB"      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide.)

Translation: Eb (day 12)
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of "{YUK}EB"

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Graham       = Coll-1

YAX Stela 18 A2

 

·    The 12th day of the Tzolk’in calendar.

·    Variants (1):

o A. Skull:

§ A skull with the expected bone jaw in the bottom left.

§ In the top right or middle of the right wall: half of a horizontally oriented crescent pointing downwards (left half) with a dotted protector on the outside.

·    The YAX Stela 18 A2 example has a crescent which is larger than in most other examples – the tip even touches the inside “floor” of the cartouche (and is, in the Coll-1 example, quite heavily cross-hatched).

·    Do not confuse EB with (the skull-variant of) KIMI. They are both skull-based day names, but the distinguishing characteristic of EB is the “left half of a crescent” (with the left tip pointing down) and with a dotted protector (usually in the top right or right). This crescent is not present in KIMI, which has instead (optionally) a %-sign.