CMGG entry for glyph-g8      (This article is part of the Learner's Maya Glyph Guide and Concordance.)

Translation: Glyph-G8
Part of speech: Noun

Spellings of glyph-g8

K&L.p65.G8.3 = MC.p50.G8.1

Glyph-F[Glyph-G]

 

                                                                                                                                                                                  

K&L.p65.G8.4 = MC.p50.G8.2                     K&H.p51.TabVIII.8                 Gronemeyer-GGF.p10.fig9.a                Gronemeyer-GGF.p10.fig9.b                 Gronemeyer-GGF.p10.fig9.f

                                                                                                                           CPN Stela 10 A4                                      PAL Temple of the Cross A10                 YAX Lintel 21 B4                                    

Glyph-F[Glyph-G]                                          Glyph-F[Glyph-G]                   Glyph-F[Glyph-G]                                   Glyph-F[Glyph-G]                                      Glyph-F[Glyph-G]

 

K&L.p65.G8.2 = Gronemeyer-GGF.p10.fig9.e

                             “Walter Randel Stela” B5

 

                   

Martin                           Martin

Randel Stela B6           Randel Stela D1

 

                                                                        

K&L.p65.G8.1 = Gronemeyer-GGF.p10.fig9.d               Gronemeyer-GGF.p10.fig9.c

                             SBL PT 1 D2                                             PNG Stela 14 B7a

 

·     Distinguishing characteristic is a cross-hatched blob (characteristic of the “floppy pear” variant of HUL).

·     Mnemonic: a pear has a basic shape of a figure “8”.

·     There’s not much unity between the variants – the common theme is the cross-hatched blob.

·     Variants (3):

o A. The “floppy pear” variant of HUL.

o B. The “floppy pear” variant of HUL infixed in the top of an EB-like skull:

§ The nose hole and bone-jaw of the skull are present.

§ There is a partial crescent with dotted protector on one side, as in the day name EB).

§ The ear is a “kidney” or crossed bands (in the two examples given – unclear how characteristic these are).

§ The outline of the “floppy pear” is bold, and in one instance curls up in a slight scroll.

o C. (Perhaps?) a full human figure, with a cross-hatched blob in the body

§ The figure is seated or crouching (on the ground) and is (uncharacteristically) facing to the right.

§ There are echoes of the bold outline of the “floppy pear” in the outline of the figure – the vertical “indentation” in the middle of the bottom of the “floppy pear” corresponds to what might be a bent leg, with the top of the indentation being the knee. (This however might be an illusion caused by too few examples – perhaps it’s only an “abstract” glyph, and the irregular right side is the edge of an obsidian blade?)