·    Variants (2):

o A. Turtle shell – features:

§ Two bloated crescents on the left and right, tips pointing left and right respectively.

§ Carapace on top, grid of water elements.

§ Plastron underneath.

§ Do not confuse this with the visually similar MAHK = “cover” (see Zender-TtTfiS):

·      AHK has waterlily markings on the shell.

·      MAHK has 3 or 4 wedges (“pie slices”) in a circle or semicircle, usually cross-hatched.

The risk of confusion is particularly great if the AHK has an infixed K’AN, e.g. in the name Itzam K’an Ahk:

·      [K’AN]AHK has a “vertical-and-horizontal” cross – the bands run E-W and N-S.

·      MAHK has a “diagonal” cross: the wedges – if there are four of them – result in bands running NW-to-SE and SW-to-NE.

o B. Turtle head (this variant not in TOK) – features:

§ Beak-shaped mouth, optionally with teeth attached to the upper jaw.

§ Reptile spiral at the right of the mouth.

§ Large eye, divided in half by a horizontal like.

§ An “ear” element in the top right, optionally with 3 small dots in a triangular formation, tip pointing down.

§ Forehead ornament.