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

Translation: first sculptor
Part of speech: Noun

Spellings of baah uxul

                       

JM.p42.#5                                 = Safronov

PNG Panel 3 J’2                        PNG Panel 3 J’2

ba{ah}.<u:xu[lu]>                     ba{ah}.<u:xu[lu]>

 

·    This is literally “head sculpture” not “head sculptor”, but on PNG Panel 3, it seems to be used in a context with the latter meaning. Perhaps the sculptor-sculpture contrast is stronger in English than in Classic Maya.