· Sources:
o Not in BMM9, TOK.
o Extensive set in K&L.
o MC is a strict subset of K&L.
o One of each G1-G9 in K&H, independent of K&L/MC but some correspondences.
· Glyph-G forms one of the standard components of the SS.
o It can also occur accompanying a CR, without an SS.
o In such cases, it may or may not be accompanied by a Glyph-F. (Get examples of this less common usage.)
· The subscript numbers in Glyph-Gn, n=1, 2, 3, …, 9 represent the 9 “Lords of the Night”.
o This term comes from the Aztec religion and has been borrowed by analogy – I’m not aware of there being explicit references to these nine logograms as being actual “Lords of the Night” in Classic Maya (but this may be a limitation in my reading rather than reality).
o The Lord of the Night changes for every K’IN, in an endless cycle of 9. So (for example), LC = 9.15.0.0.0 is 4-Ajaw 13-Yax (10 August 731 AD), with a Lord of the Night of Glyph-G9. Because of this:
§ 9.15.0.0.1 has a Lord of the Night of Glyph-G1.
§ 9.15.0.0.2 has a Lord of the Night of Glyph-G2.
§ 9.15.0.0.3 has a Lord of the Night of Glyph-G3.
§ …
§ 9.15.0.0.9 has a Lord of the Night of Glyph-G9.
§ 9.15.0.0.10 has a Lord of the Night of Glyph-G1.
§ 9.15.0.0.11 has a Lord of the Night of Glyph-G2.
§ etc …
There are 18 k’ins in a winal, and 18 is a multiple of 9. Because of this, any LC = X.Y.0.0.0 will always have a Lord of the Night of Glyph-G9, and every LC = X.Y.0.0.N (for N = 1, 2, 3, …, 9) will always have a Lord of the Night of Glyph-GN.
· Diagnostic characteristics. Here are the simplified diagnostics – the details are a lot more complex (see the individual Glyph-Gn entries):
o Glyph-G1: 9-CH’AM-K’UH or 9-TZAK. The “9” is shared with Glyph-G6.
o Glyph-G2: HUL-TI’ or HUL-SIBIK or HUL-mo-NAL. The HUL is shared with Glyph-G3.
o Glyph-G3: HUL-JAN(AAB). The HUL is shared with Glyph-G2.
o Glyph-G4: 7-“head” or 7-SIBIK.
o Glyph-G5: 5-T’AB or 5-T’AB-LEM or 5-CH’AM-LEM or 5-CH’AM-AHIIN? or 5-HUL-CH’AB.
o Glyph-G6: 9-SIM. The “9” is shared with Glyph-G1.
o Glyph-G7: NAAH-“left-fist”-“head” (or NAAH-“head” or NAAH-la) or NAAH-tzi?-lo-?-na.
o Glyph-G8: (“floppy pear”) HUL.
o Glyph-G9: ITZAM, YIHK’IN, NAL (2 of the 3, or all 3).
Caution: the diagnostics given here are the “elements” which appear in the various forms of Glyph-G. I’m not saying that those forms were necessarily read in this way. The exact reading of these glyphs remains unclear to me.