·    Features:

o Large “nose”.

o Mouth tendril.

o Back of head (i.e. whole right side) has an “ear” along the whole length – a component which somewhat resembles an infixed yu:

§ The bottom part can optionally have 3 tiny non-touching dots in a triangular formation pointing up (an upside-down face) or the reduced variant of la; Dorota Bojkowska: it’s rather common to find this element at the bottom of the ear in gods, not just Chaak.

§ The middle element can have the middle of the left side protruding inwards, with 2-5 tiny non-touching dots inside (typically 3), somewhat resembling a spondylus shell:

·        Dorota Bojkowska: the common understanding among epigraphers is that the ear of K’awiil is a spondylus shell.

·        But the element in Chaak protrudes inwards (on the left side) while the spondylus shell protrudes outwards.

o Optional: phonetic complement ki – where the three god heads Chaak, K’awiil, Yopaat can sometimes be difficult to tell apart, the (occasional) phonetic complements of (respectively) ki, la, ti can be helpful.

 

·    MC says that  MC.p111.#2 is a codex form.