CMGG entry for ehb      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide and Concordance.)

Translation: step, stair, ladder
Part of speech: Noun

Logogram spellings of ehb

                                                                                                          

K&L.p27.#8                   TOK.p7.r1.c3                                   TOK.p18.r4.c1                       BMM9.p10.r2.c1              IC.p37                       

EHB                                 EHB                                                  EHB                                         EB                                        EHB

 

                  

MHD.ZHC.1&2                              0193bh 0193bl 0193br

 

                                 

TOK.p17.r4.c1             BMM9.p13.r2.c4            IC.p37

EHB                               EHB                                   EHB                       

 

K&L.p27.#7

EB

 

·       No glyphs given in K&H.

·       Variants (2):

o A. Ladder – features:

§ Full form: four crossed sticks, lashed together by knots.

§ Reduced form: half to two thirds of the full form.

o B. Stairway – features:

§ Optionally with a ball (emphasizing that it’s a stairway as the ball can roll downwards).

§ Despite it being (presumably) a stone stairway, the “wood” element still appears inside it.

§ A very stylized version exists, which approaches a monster head.

·       S&Z explicitly says that both variants are read EHB.

·       Statistics:

o Ladder variant – an MHD search on “objabbr contains ZHC” gives 25 hits, with more than half being in the name of the TIK ruler Yax Ehb Xook.

 

Syllabogram spellings of ehb

                             

JM.p88.#3                  IC.p37                        

e:bu                             e:bu