CMGG entry for "QB"      (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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Translation: “quadripartite badge”; sacrificial plate, sacrificial dish
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of "QB"

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TOKhttps:/​/​www.mesoweb.com/​resources/​catalog/​Tokovinine_​Catalog.pdf Beginner's Visual Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs (Tokovinine; 2017).p15.r4.c2                    MHD.ZW4.1&2                                   PAL TI CTPalenque, Temple of the Inscriptions, Central Tablet D5                   PAL TI CTPalenque, Temple of the Inscriptions, Central Tablet J8                     

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·    Listed in K&LKettunenLacadena.pdf Methods in Maya Hieroglyphic Studies (Harri Kettunen & Alfonso Lacadena; 2018).p45 on the “List of Undeciphered Glyphs”.

·    The iconography is quite suggestive: the bottom part is a plate or bowl (see LAK), and the top has a stingray spine (and other paraphernalia), making the combination a representation of the sacrificial plate used in bloodletting rituals.

·    MHD has only four hits for “blcodes contains ZW4”, two of them being from PAL TI CTPalenque, Temple of the Inscriptions, Central Tablet (D5 and J8) – the two real-life examples given.

·    Also known as the “quadripartite badge”, it is regularly portrayed in the iconography. Do not confuse this with the “quatrefoil”, which is a totally different glyph, with a totally different meaning. The only thing they have in common is the “ quadri-/quatre-” with the Latin root of “four”.