CMGG entry for baah chehb      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide.)

Alternative readings: BAAH CHE'HB
Translation: first painter, head painter
Part of speech: Noun

Spellings of baah chehb

                                                                                                    

L&D.p87.r4.c1                  = Zender-TMMD.p17.fig5.7                 Boot-THToK7786&K4669.p7 (Montgomery) = Stuart

Incised Marine Shell                                                                         PNG Stela 12 tag in iconography

<ba{ah}:che>.bu                                                                                <ba{ah}:che>.bu             

 

                                                                                                

Houston-CC.p405.pdfp15.fig13-12.a-d

AML Panel 1 D4                   CNC Panel 3 H5                        UXL Stela 8 glyph-block 3                    PNG Stela 12 X2

<BAAH:bu>.che                    u.<BAAH:che>.bu                    <BAAH:che:bu>                                    <ba{ah}:che>.<bu>

 

·    Zender-TMMD.p17.fig5.7 = Zender-TMMD.p18.c2.fn34.

·    Houston-CC.p405.l-12: “head-quill”, so metaphorically, the head painter.

·    L&D.p87.r4.c1 gives a reference of K8895, but it’s not findable under that number in mayavase.com; the reference is a typo, it should have been K8885: http://research.mayavase.com/portfolio_hires.php?search=*Shell*&date_added=&image=8885&display=8

·    Zender-TMMD.p18.c1.l+3 gives chehb whereas L&D.p87.l+2 gives che’hb.